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It is hard to pin point the problem as you did not even post cupsd.conf; |
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however, here is a good article: |
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http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5055067.html |
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I even printed myself a hard copy; go through it. |
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#Joseph |
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GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7 |
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On 06/12/08 10:26, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>Hi, |
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> My 80 year old dad has been running Gentoo for 6 years now and done |
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>fine. I administer the machine remotely as he lives 400 miles away. |
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>Cups is up and running fine on his machine. |
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> |
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> Now my mom is switching over to Gentoo and I've added & started |
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>cups on her computer. I've added a client.conf file pointing at my |
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>dad's machine. I'm now trying to figure out if I've configured cupsd |
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>correctly on my dad's machine to allow my mom's machine to see it. |
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> |
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> What commands can I run from the command line to see whether a |
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>printer is available? My parents are not terribly computer literate |
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>(who is in their 80's) so I need to ensure this is really working |
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>before I tell them to use it. |
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> |
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> Also, if a client points itself at a cups server and finds a |
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>printer there, does the client need to install the printer 'locally' |
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>telling its own cups that the printer is out there or does the printer |
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>just start showing up in applications and cups running on both |
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>machines takes care of the printe formatting issues? Essentially, how |
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>much does Open Office on the client need to know about the printer on |
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>the server? |
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> |
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>Thanks, |
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>Mark |
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