On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 11:38:14PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 12:06:47PM -0400, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 03:20:23PM +0800, Miranda, Joel Louie M wrote: > > > How would you configure your server for network printing? I mean your pc can > > > print remotely not connected thru lpt1 > > > > I would do this using cups. First install cups on the computer connected > > directly to the printer. Once you get that working you can set up cups > > on the other computers to send their print jobs to the one with the > > printer. > > I'm planning to move my printer over to another box, so this interests me. > One question's answer I don't know is whether packages outside the > daemon/library are needed. For instance, I use the GIMP on my own box, and > the CUPS filters are installed. Will they (or other suggested's) need to be > installed on the other box, or will that one take the input from my programs > directly? (Hope this makes sense...?) The drivers for the printer are only required on the server. The clients send postscript to the server which then uses the drivers to communicate with the printer. Bijan
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