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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS remote printing drives me crazy
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:16:44
Message-Id: 20180912181628.4cd55910@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS remote printing drives me crazy by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:21:14 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2
3 > On 09/12/2018 03:55:16 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
4 > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:50:36 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
5 > >
6 > > > On one machine - called SERVER - I have a USB printer which
7 > > > works
8 > > just
9 > > > fine with CUPS.
10 > > > I've tried to make it "shared". This printer has the name
11 > > USB_printer.
12 > > >
13 > > > On the other machine, which has no physical printer itself, I just
14 > > > want to add a remote printer which
15 > > > uses USB_printer on the SERVER.
16 > > >
17 > > > If I try to configure this remote printer, my first problem is its
18 > > > name (URL)
19 > > > I've tried ipp://SERVER:631/printers/USB_printer but when I try to
20 > > > print to it,
21 > > > I always get "printer cannot be located"
22 > > >
23 > > > Would anybody be so kind to share (the relevant parts) of his/her
24 > > > cupsd.conf on the server as well as
25 > > > on the client?
26 > >
27 > > Have you allowed access to the server from the local network?
28 > > Something
29 > > like this in cupsd.conf
30 > >
31 > > # Restrict access to the server...
32 > > <Location />
33 > > Order allow,deny
34 > > Allow localhost
35 > > Allow 192.168.1.*
36 > > </Location>
37 > >
38 >
39 > Thanks Neil,
40 >
41 > do I need this on the client machine, as well?
42 > (I do have it on the server machine)
43
44 All I have on the clients in "ServerName hostnameofserver"
45 in /etc/cups/client.conf
46
47
48 --
49 Neil Bothwick
50
51 The road to HAL is paved with good intentions.