Re: How to get cups printing remotely solved
On (05/09/06 03:42), mlaks wrote:
> This letter documents
>
> How I set up printing on debian sid remotely ie:
> from 1 computer running sid to another computer running sid.
>
> good articles on cups setup remotely
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Networking/Setting_Up_a_Network_Printer_using_CUPS
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS_Setup#Linux_to_Linux
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu
> http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/08/09/howto-print-from-one-ubuntu-printer-to-another-with-xubuntu/
>
> Here are my brief notes. My network is 192.168.10.* and I have the server set up at 192.168.10.18
> key things are:
>
> On server:
> edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
>
> 1) delete the following two lines
> Localhost:631
> /var/run/cups/cups.sock
>
> substitute the line
> Port 631
>
> 2) add the line
> Browsing On
>
> 3) In Location stanza allow the following
>
> <Location />
> Order allow,deny
> Allow localhost
> AuthType None
> Allow From 192.168.10.64
> Allow From 192.168.10.0/255.255.255.0
> # alternative Allow From 192.168.*.*
> </Location>
>
> ????????????? possibly may need a line
> ServerName 192.168.10.18
>
> ?????????????? possiby may need a line
> BrowseAddress 192.168.10.255
>
>
> ****************
>
> I then set up a printer. i called it hplaserjet on the server.
> I used cups web administration
> localhost:631
>
> *****************
Can you print from the server itself (test page from the web interface)?
>
> On the client machine I created a file called
> /etc/cups/client.conf
>
> which has the line
>
> ServerName 192.168.10.18
>
> where the ip address is that of your printer server.
>
> i then needed to go into the web based adminstration module on the client
> to install the printer
> in web browser open up
>
> localhost:631
> go into administrative module
>
> i needed to set up the printer.
>
> click add a printer
>
> call it anything you want then
> enter this location
>
> ipp://192.168.10.18:631/printers/hplaserjet
>
This may be where the problem lies. The location should look someting
like:
ipp://<server>/<printer>
The :631 isn't required. If you add 192.168.10.18 to /etc/hosts, you
can use the server name rather than IP address.
HTH
Regards
Clive
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