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From: Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:35:43
Message-Id: 60210113.2050503@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups by Dan Egli
1 On 08/02/21 05:40, Dan Egli wrote:
2 > Hey folks, I'm a bit lost on this, so I hope you can help me out.
3
4 Dunno how much help I'll be ...
5 >
6 > I have a computer I want to act as the central print server for a
7 > network. It would spool all jobs for all printers, and send them out to
8 > the actual computers the printers are connected to, or to the printer
9 > itself in the event of a printer directly connected to the network. To
10 > start with, I have setup the server and added the printer connected to a
11 > Windows 10 Home computer to it.
12
13 Is this wise? Windows 10 Home is rather castrated - networking is a PITA
14 because it assumes you won't ...
15
16 After a bit of work, I managed to get it
17 > so I can print a test page from cups and it comes out on the printer.
18 > But when I try to connect another computer to the printer via the print
19 > server, the other computer never sends it out. Just says the printer is
20 > busy.
21
22 This is typical. In my linux setup, the printer is always busy. Stuff
23 still prints fine, though.
24 >
25 > How can I set this up correctly? To describe exactly what I'm trying to
26 > do, let's just use four computers in this example. A is the central
27 > print server. B is the windows client with the printer. C and D are
28 > linux machines. What I want is if either C or D print something, they
29 > both send it to A, and then A sends it to B.
30 >
31 I'd try moving the printer to A, or configuring C & D to print directly
32 to B. I dunno how you set up smbprint, but that should send straight to
33 a shared printer on B no problem.
34
35 Cheers,
36 Wol

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Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups Dan Egli <dan@×××××××××××.site>