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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××.be>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS remote printing drives me crazy
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:21:30
Message-Id: VREAGKDQ.VFO6UULX.YP74NL2H@ZZSON3DY.IMTVGZIU.L7TPARZ4
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS remote printing drives me crazy by Neil Bothwick
1 On 09/12/2018 03:55:16 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:50:36 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
3 >
4 > > On one machine - called SERVER - I have a USB printer which works
5 > just
6 > > fine with CUPS.
7 > > I've tried to make it "shared". This printer has the name
8 > USB_printer.
9 > >
10 > > On the other machine, which has no physical printer itself, I just
11 > > want to add a remote printer which
12 > > uses USB_printer on the SERVER.
13 > >
14 > > If I try to configure this remote printer, my first problem is its
15 > > name (URL)
16 > > I've tried ipp://SERVER:631/printers/USB_printer but when I try to
17 > > print to it,
18 > > I always get "printer cannot be located"
19 > >
20 > > Would anybody be so kind to share (the relevant parts) of his/her
21 > > cupsd.conf on the server as well as
22 > > on the client?
23 >
24 > Have you allowed access to the server from the local network?
25 > Something
26 > like this in cupsd.conf
27 >
28 > # Restrict access to the server...
29 > <Location />
30 > Order allow,deny
31 > Allow localhost
32 > Allow 192.168.1.*
33 > </Location>
34 >
35
36 Thanks Neil,
37
38 do I need this on the client machine, as well?
39 (I do have it on the server machine)
40
41 Helmut

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Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS remote printing drives me crazy Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS remote printing drives me crazy Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>