On Tuesday 20 September 2005 13:19, Alvin A ONeal Jr wrote: > How do I share a printer between several Linux Desktops and a Linux > Server without using samba? > > My server already has the printer installed locally and working > correctly with CUPS. > > I need to know > A) Text configuration to enable sharing to the 192.168.0.0 network > B) Text configuration for clients to print to 192.168.0.86 by default > using CUPS in Gnome > > I honestly spent a good portion of time searching for an answer, but > everything I could find to deal with CUPS + SAMBA + Windows, and also > one page explaining CUPS sharing + Linux using a GUI in Fedora (not a > standard Gnome GUI). > > Thanks in advance for any help on the matter! in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is where you set the computer with the printer to share it...actually, you're looking for "broadcast". And on the computer you want to access that printer, look in the same file for I think BrowsPort. Read the comments in the file. Basically you don't "share" the printer so much as tell the server "broadcast all your printers" and the clients to "add printers you see broadcast". This works great with my laptop, for instance...when i'm not at home, my home printers don't even show up in the list, then when I boot up at home, bam, there they are, already configured and everything.
You have to make sure that you don't have any firewalls blocking the IPP protocol ports, uses both tcp and udp. Ping me offline, and I'll mail you the "server" config that my mini-mac is running serving up my laser printer. This laptop is gentoo and I didn't have to change ANYTHING for it to see the printer on the mac. -- John Jolet Your On-Demand IT Department 512-762-0729 www.jolet.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
