On 5/11/23 07:07, Brian wrote:
On Wed 10 May 2023 at 16:02:43 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
On 5/10/23 14:22, Brian wrote:
On Wed 10 May 2023 at 13:18:07 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
On 5/10/23 11:29, Brian wrote:
On Wed 10 May 2023 at 10:04:47 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
On 5/10/23 08:17, Brian wrote:
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Is /etc/cups/client,conf really, really needed?
That is the first thing cups docs tell you to do, see "printer sharing"
A link would be ever so useful.
send browser to cups.org, click help, in right pane, click "printer
sharing", scroll down about a screenfull to Automatic using IPP
Thanks to you and debian-u...@howorth.org.uk. Note that this page is for Apple
CUPS. The one for Debian CUPS is at
https://openprinting.github.io/cups/doc/sharing.html
Thank you for that link, the other Apple Cups link is first in a google
search, and probably close in DDG too since the search was for cups, not
openprinting as I was not then aware that Mike had moved. Apple should
be ashamed of themselves hanging onto the cups links when they are no
longer writing the authors paychecks.
Havong said that, it should also be noted that the /etc/cups/client.conf is used
when a local spooler is not required and is presented as to be used only as
absolutely necessary. Hardly "the first thing cups docs tell you to do". Why is
it absolutely necessary in your situation?
Additionally, a client.conf overrides the default local server. All the
analysis
in this thread has been carried out assuming a functional local server, so I do
not know where that leaves us now if a client.conf has been in the mix all the
time..
I am wondering now if I shouldn't remove the other Listen directives
from cupsd.conf, isolating their influence when there are no locally
connected printers.
Aha!!!! Got it, geany evince okular etc can now print from bpi54!
Removing the Listen localhost:631 directive from /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
and inserting a
Listen 192.168.xx.yy:631
made the localhost:631/printers on this machine show up in FF on bpi54,
all 5 choices from this machine. All that as root of course, and the
acid test was me as 1st user, calling up geany to edit that file, which
complained it was not writable but to print it on the B&W laser, which
it just did. I did have to leave active the "Listen /run/cups/cups.sock"
line, it did not work w/o that.
I changed the LogLevel back to warn before it fills up a 64BG card, and
it seems its all Just Working.
That warning in the paragraph above s/not be a show stopper when there
is only one machine as the Server on this local network. IMO, it should
be speced as applying to any machine that does NOT have any locally
connected printers.
Your help, and some comments from Greg, have been very helpful. Thank
you both for bearing with me, most appreciated.
Take care & stay well.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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