Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2005 #2734
> Johannes,
>
> Thanks for the reply, however:
>
> > - install cups on the server
>
> Can't, not my server it is the corporate print server not admin'd by me. No
> root login and it's a HP-UX 11.11 server. They will not allow cups to be
> installed, already asked.
>
> > - set up printer on server (eg. web front end)
>
> I did install the server version of cups on my Debian workstation with the
> hopes of direct connecting to the network printers. Followed the docs about
> all of the required packages and then to restart the cupsys (i.e
> /etc/init.d/cupssy restart), however my Apache sever on my workstation
> does not have a port open on 631, therefore the web front end does not
> work. No documentation I can find to debug this failure. Probably need
> the manual process for setting up cups in Debian, as the 'apt-get install'
> does not do it, no errors or warnings. So not sure where it jumped the track.
>
>
> > - allow printing on server for your workstation (config file or gui)
>
> Once I get the web GUI functioning, maybe this would work; don't know.
>
> > - install cups on client; here debian defaults work for me.
>
> How did you check the defaults? Did you use lpadmin to add printers to your
> client? How do you query the print server for available network printers?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
Thanks for everyones suggestions.
Found out a website, that was extremely helpful in setting up network printing
within Debian. Would recommend it those folks, like me, who are just migrating
to cups.
http://www.willempen.org/network-printer/
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John
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