Re: cups (sharing network printer)

[deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>]

Brian wrote:

> On Mon 09 May 2016 at 23:45:18 +0200, deloptes wrote:
> 
>> Pol Hallen wrote:
>> 
>> >> Unless I am misunderstanding the question,
>> > 
>> > I need to print using 192.168.1.10 (server) not directly by network
>> > printer
>> > 
>> > thanks!
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Pol
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> In /etc/cups/client.conf
>> 
>> set the ServerName
>> 
>> ServerName 192.168.1.10
>> 
>> try lpstat -a
>> 
>> $  lpstat -a
>> HP_LaserJet_5L accepting requests since Wed 04 May 2016 10:31:02 PM CEST
> 
> The OP talks about *"clients"*. Would your advice stay the same if there
> was a 1000 of them?

I do not have any better solution - this autodiscovery did not work for me
and setting the ServerName in client.conf works.
If he has 1000 - he has to manage them automatically anyway - or what do you
do in such a case?
Anyway I'll be glad to have better solution

regards