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Re: CUPS: Shared printers not shown



Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 15:42:32 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I've got the following systems, all connected to the local network:
>> 
>> A: Running Debian Etch, no printer connected
>> B: Running Debian Etch, Epson Stylus C86 connected & published
>> C: Running Debian Sid, Canon IP 4200 connected & published
>> D: Running Debian Etch, no printer connected
>> 
>> A sees all the printers in the network and is able to print on them,
>> the same goes for B. C only sees the IP 4200 (and can print on it),
>> while D seems to have absolutely no clue where to print.
>> 
>> I just set this up using the webinterface from CUPS, published those
>> printers and asked it to show published printers from other systems -
>> this worked for A and B.
>> 
>> Now my question: How can I make the two printers be visible on D and
>> the Epson Stylus be shown on C?
>> 
>> There seems to be absolutely no information about this in the net,
>> thus I'd really welcome any hints available.
>
>Can each machine see the shares on the other hosts if you use the tools
>from the "smbclient" package? The printers should be listed if you run
>
>smbclient -U USERNAME -L //HOSTNAME
>
>(Change "USERNAME" and "HOSTNAME" as is appropriate for your network;
> you will be prompted for the SMB password if necessary.)

Sorry if I did not write that there's no Samba server running on my
entire network, just plain CUPS. Like this, the above command results
in an error connecting to <ip> (Connection refused).

Greetings,

Claudius
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