CUPS Network Printing

Newbie question...

I have a Linux machine that I have successfully setup to print using CUPS,
this machine is the file and print server however the file side I'll tackle
once the printing works.

I thought that to have a Linux workstation print to this printer would be
straight forward, simply install the printer on the workstation as I did on
the server but this time instead of selecting "Parallel Port #1" I'd select
"Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)" or "Internet Printing Protocol (http)".
Which one exactly and the difference beats me...

Next is where I get stuck as I am asked to specify the "Device URL" with
examples being:
file:/path/to/filename.prn
http://hostname:631/ipp/
http://hostname:631/ipp/port1
ipp://hostname/ipp/
ipp://hostname/ipp/port1
lpd://hostname/queue
socket://hostname
socket://hostname:910

The printer is on a machine called "angus" and the printer name is
"Laserjet4000"

I have tried various URLs without success and am now wondering if this is
how I connect a workstation to a printer on another machine or does this
machine need to be a print server or similar ?

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Thanks

Murph

On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:47:54 GMT, Murphy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I thought that to have a Linux workstation print to this printer would
> be straight forward, simply install the printer on the workstation as
> I did on the server but this time instead of selecting "Parallel Port
> #1" I'd select "Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)" or "Internet
> Printing Protocol (http)".

Probably you forgot to enable remote access on the server. In the
server's /etc/cups/cupsd.conf put something like:

<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 192.168.1.0/24
</Location>

Something similar should already be there but commented out. Substitute
the correct address for your LAN of course. Look in /var/log/cups for
errors if you have more troubles.

But you're also making it too hard on the client. The easiest way with
clients that run CUPS is to get the server working first. Then set it
up to broadcast it's presence on the LAN. Finally, install CUPS on the
clients and let them find the server automatically.

In the server's /etc/cups/cupsd.conf:

BrowseAddress @LOCAL


On the client the defaults should work.


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Murphy wrote:

> I have tried various URLs without success and am now wondering if this is
> how I connect a workstation to a printer on another machine or does this
> machine need to be a print server or similar ?

Have you set Action=>Sharing on the desktop CUPS system?

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On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:47:54 +0000, or thereabouts Murphy spoke thusly:

> Newbie question...

> The printer is on a machine called "angus" and the printer name is
> "Laserjet4000"
>
> I have tried various URLs without success and am now wondering if this is
> how I connect a workstation to a printer on another machine or does this
> machine need to be a print server or similar ?

IIRC, the documentation with and about cups has some inconsistencies
(manual vs what you see in the config screen). I went through this and you
need to specify something like this:

ipp://angus:631/printers/Laserjet4000

The "printers" part of the URL is specified somewhere in the cups manual.
I think.

Wayne
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