Re: sharing an ipp printer with a mac client
2009/9/8 Sjoerd Hardeman <sjoerd@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl>:
> Please keep this on the list.
> Leonardo Canducci schreef:
>>
>> 2009/9/8 Sjoerd Hardeman <sjoerd@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl>:
>>>
>>> Leonardo Canducci schreef:
>>>>
>>>> 2009/9/8 Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Leonardo
>>>>> Canducci<leonardo.canducci@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using cups 1.4.0 from debian sid and I have a deskjet printer
>>>>>> connected via USB. This printer is shared (ticked "Share printers
>>>>>> connected to this system" and "Allow printing from the Internet" in
>>>>>> the web gui) and should be visible.
>>>>>> I can print from linux clients. Configuring the printer on linux
>>>>>> clients is as easy as creating a client.config file in /etc/cups with:
>>>>>> ServerName nameofmyserver
>>>>>> I don't even install cups on the clients, package cups-client is
>>>>>> enough. I don't used a wizards in linux clients.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway some time ago I managed to configure the printer on my wife's
>>>>>> mac. This expansive laptop is connected wirelessly (same as the linux
>>>>>> clients) via a router. Mac osx was able to detect the printer with the
>>>>>> protocol (IPP) and server address. Now it can't and upgrading cups to
>>>>>> 1.4.0 broke printing from it with the old printer profile. I can print
>>>>>> in mac console specifying host address with:
>>>>>> lp -h 192.168.0.1:631 test.txt
>>>>>> but the damn wizard won't detect the printer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you tried adding the printer through 127.0.0.1:631?
>>>>
>>>> as expected it doesn't work. printer is not connected to localhost
>>>
>>> You can connect to other cups servers from your local cups server. So get
>>> your browser, go to that page, and add
>>> http://192.168.0.1:631/printers/yourprinterqueue
>>> In principle you can also let the linux machine broadcast its printers,
>>> and
>>> the mac will autodetect this. However, I usually find it tricky to get
>>> this
>>> to work through firewalls, listening disablers and other misbehaving
>>> stuff.
>>> To get this to work, read the manual.
>>
>> If I manually set the queue osx gives me the wrong driver and doesn't
>> even present the right one (the one automatically choose when plugging
>> the printer to the mac).
>
> I think it is rather common that autodetection-over-networks is not often
> working. Strange however that the apparently available right choice is not
> offered. You can always manually provide the ppd, maybe that solves the
> issue?
I tried that: copied ppd file and choose that when manually adding the
printer, but it doesn't work.
>>
>> Broadcasting works fine on linux boxes and windows xp and it used to
>> work on mac too.
>
> On Windows? Cups-broadcasting?
On windows there's no detection. I manually set the printer URI and
driver (the right one).
>>>
>>> And, maybe it is also possible to make a /etc/cups/cups.client file on
>>> the
>>> mac, pointing to 192.168.0.1:631 and completely bypass the macs own cups?
>>> Works on linuxes, might also work on macs?
>>
>> I'll try. But I fear to screw up mac environment (I don't know much about
>> that).
>
> You can always delete the file if it doesn't work ;)
You're right. Anyway it's annoying it doesn't work anymore the right way.
--
Leonardo Canducci
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