Re: How to set up CUPS client

[Tom Pfeifer <tplists@optonline.net>]

Tim Kelley wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 11:35:08AM -0400, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> > For the benefit of anyone else trying this, you don't have to touch
> > anything on the client machine(s). Just the default install of the basic
> > CUPS packages is needed on the client. The CUPS daemon running on the
> > client will then automatically discover the printer(s) on the local
> > network, and the printcap file for the remote printer will show up at
> > /var/run/cups/printcap on the client. At that point, the remote printer
> > will be available to your applications to print from.
> 
> What's wrong with just putting the servers name in
> /etc/cups/client.conf?
> 
> There's no need to be running another daemon ... all you need in
> debian to use cups on another server is cupsys-client and it's
> depends.

Yes, someone else mentioned doing it that way also. Interesting, and
I'll have to try it sometime, but right now I'm quite satisfied with how
it's all working.

Tom