one printer on home network. How?

I have one printer and 3 Linux boxes on my home network.
I have been using Google to try to find out how I can let all 3 Linux boxes use
this one printer. The printer is an HP-PSC-1410 and it works fine on this computer.
Can anyone point me in the direction to find the info for this?
I am pretty sure it can be done but I don't see where to look.
I am running VidaLinux 1.3.0.1 (actually a version of Gentoo) but I also have
Slack 11 installed and I don't really care which Linux I use to do the printing.
All three boxes have these Linux versions.
I used localhost:631 to set up the printer.
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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:34:19 +0000, Leo Bing Whiteway wrote:

> I have one printer and 3 Linux boxes on my home network.
> I have been using Google to try to find out how I can let all 3 Linux boxes use
> this one printer. The printer is an HP-PSC-1410 and it works fine on this computer.
> Can anyone point me in the direction to find the info for this?
> I am pretty sure it can be done but I don't see where to look.
> I am running VidaLinux 1.3.0.1 (actually a version of Gentoo) but I also have
> Slack 11 installed and I don't really care which Linux I use to do the printing.
> All three boxes have these Linux versions.
> I used localhost:631 to set up the printer.

I have a similar setup, and the two printers I have connected to two
different Linux boxes are automagically detected by CUPS in each of my
five Linux boxes overall. I think it is just a matter of setting the
Browsing option to On in your cupsd.conf files; but, I believe that option
is on by default.

On Jan 24, 2:34 pm, Leo Bing Whiteway <leowhite...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> I have one printer and 3 Linux boxes on my home network.
> I have been using Google to try to find out how I can let all 3 Linux boxes use
> this one printer. The printer is an HP-PSC-1410 and it works fine on this computer.
> Can anyone point me in the direction to find the info for this?
> I am pretty sure it can be done but I don't see where to look.
> I am running VidaLinux 1.3.0.1 (actually a version of Gentoo) but I also have
> Slack 11 installed and I don't really care which Linux I use to do the printing.
> All three boxes have these Linux versions.
> I used localhost:631 to set up the printer.

You are using CUPS to manage your printer.

IIRC, the CUPS config includes a stmt to control whether or not network
connections are permitted; enable network access to your printer
(through the CUPS local to that printer), and you are half way there.

The other half would be to configure each "remote" system to access the
printer via the network. Remote systems that use LPR or LPRNG will
require some config changes to explicitly address the network printer.
However, remote systems that use CUPS will have access automagically,
because your host CUPS will broadcast the printer availability over the
network.

HTH
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Lew

Harold Weissman wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:34:19 +0000, Leo Bing Whiteway wrote:
>
>> I have one printer and 3 Linux boxes on my home network.
>> I have been using Google to try to find out how I can let all 3 Linux boxes use
>> this one printer. The printer is an HP-PSC-1410 and it works fine on this computer.
>> Can anyone point me in the direction to find the info for this?
>> I am pretty sure it can be done but I don't see where to look.
>> I am running VidaLinux 1.3.0.1 (actually a version of Gentoo) but I also have
>> Slack 11 installed and I don't really care which Linux I use to do the printing.
>> All three boxes have these Linux versions.
>> I used localhost:631 to set up the printer.
>
> I have a similar setup, and the two printers I have connected to two
> different Linux boxes are automagically detected by CUPS in each of my
> five Linux boxes overall. I think it is just a matter of setting the
> Browsing option to On in your cupsd.conf files; but, I believe that option
> is on by default.
Thanks for the reply.
Browser option was OFF by default so I changed it.
The printer is found in the other computers now but still wont print even though
it looks like it is going to. The printer does not move.

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Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
> On Jan 24, 2:34 pm, Leo Bing Whiteway <leowhite...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> I have one printer and 3 Linux boxes on my home network.
>> I have been using Google to try to find out how I can let all 3 Linux boxes use
>> this one printer. The printer is an HP-PSC-1410 and it works fine on this computer.
>> Can anyone point me in the direction to find the info for this?
>> I am pretty sure it can be done but I don't see where to look.
>> I am running VidaLinux 1.3.0.1 (actually a version of Gentoo) but I also have
>> Slack 11 installed and I don't really care which Linux I use to do the printing.
>> All three boxes have these Linux versions.
>> I used localhost:631 to set up the printer.
>
> You are using CUPS to manage your printer.
>
> IIRC, the CUPS config includes a stmt to control whether or not network
> connections are permitted; enable network access to your printer
> (through the CUPS local to that printer), and you are half way there.

I am not sure where to do this. I looked in localhost:631 and saw nothing like
this. Looked in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and didn't really see anything about
"enable network access"
> The other half would be to configure each "remote" system to access the
> printer via the network. Remote systems that use LPR or LPRNG will
> require some config changes to explicitly address the network printer.
> However, remote systems that use CUPS will have access automagically,
> because your host CUPS will broadcast the printer availability over the
> network.
>
> HTH
Would this be like the other fellow said. Browser access on in
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf ?


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LINUX, no virus, no worms, no spyware, so why Microsoft?
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Leo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:It%th.187340$YV4.142978@edtnps89:

> Lew Pitcher wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 24, 2:34 pm, Leo Bing Whiteway <leowhite...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>> I have one printer and 3 Linux boxes on my home network.
>>> I have been using Google to try to find out how I can let all 3 Linux
>>> boxes use this one printer. The printer is an HP-PSC-1410 and it works
>>> fine on this computer. Can anyone point me in the direction to find
>>> the info for this? I am pretty sure it can be done but I don't see
>>> where to look. I am running VidaLinux 1.3.0.1 (actually a version of
>>> Gentoo) but I also have Slack 11 installed and I don't really care
>>> which Linux I use to do the printing. All three boxes have these Linux
>>> versions. I used localhost:631 to set up the printer.
>>
>> You are using CUPS to manage your printer.
>>
>> IIRC, the CUPS config includes a stmt to control whether or not network
>> connections are permitted; enable network access to your printer
>> (through the CUPS local to that printer), and you are half way there.
>
> I am not sure where to do this. I looked in localhost:631 and saw
> nothing like this. Looked in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and didn't really see
> anything about "enable network access"
>> The other half would be to configure each "remote" system to access the
>> printer via the network. Remote systems that use LPR or LPRNG will
>> require some config changes to explicitly address the network printer.
>> However, remote systems that use CUPS will have access automagically,
>> because your host CUPS will broadcast the printer availability over the
>> network.
>>
>> HTH
> Would this be like the other fellow said. Browser access on in
> /etc/cups/cupsd.conf ?
>
>

You mentioned in your other post that CUPS on the other systems can now see
the printer but can't actually print. Make sure that your firewall config
isn't blocking whatever port CUPS uses to transfer print files.

Klazmon.