Re: CUPS Configuration

[Danesh Daroui <Danesh.D@bredband.net>]

Well, IPP worked great with my Ubuntu notebook. Thanks Roberto. But, it crashed each time I wanted to install driver of my HP printers (Canon worked fine). I think there is something wring with drivers (bug) because printers have been detected. I decided to use SAMBA for printer sharing between Windows machines. For those who might have similar problem:

I fixed the problem by modifying /etc/samba/smb.conf and adding following lines to it:

[global]
  printcap name = cups  
  printing = cups   
  security = share   
[printers]   
  browseable = yes   

other parts of this file should be unchanged.

Have fun,

D.


Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:

On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 12:16:57AM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote:
  

Now I can connect to administration page from another machines. Now I do 
not know what URL should type for IPP connection from other machines. 
Also, printers are not still shareable from SAMBA.

    

OK.  That's good.  Now, what you need to do in Windows XP is the
following:

Start -> Settings -> Printers and Faxes -> Add Printer
Click "Next"
Select "network printer" and click "next"
Select "connect to a printer on the Internet"
type in the URL: ipp://name-or-ip-of-server/printername
Click "Next"

I am not certain from there since my network doesn't have any CUPS
machines serving up printers.  If the ipp:// URL doesn't work, try
http://name-or-ip-of-server:631/printername (note the added port
specification) instead.

Regards,

-Roberto