Hi Ron, > > My server has a print queue that looks like this: > $ lpstat -v > device for Dell_3100cn: socket://192.168.1.11 > device for dell_310...@haggis: socket://192.168.1.11 > device for PDF: cups-pdf:/ > > The server's /etc/cups/cupsd.conf looks like: > Browsing On > BrowseOrder allow,deny > BrowseAllow 192.168.1.0/24 > BrowseAddress 192.168.1.255 > BrowseLocalProtocols CUPS dnssd > DefaultAuthType Basic > <Location /> > Allow from 192.168.1.* > Order allow,deny > </Location> > > I created this on the client: > $ cat /etc/cups/cups.conf > ServerName haggis I think, you should rename this file to "/etc/cups/client.conf" - that's what it is called on my machines;-) > > > Shouldn't cups on the server (haggis) be broadcasting network messages > announcing the availability of it's print queues, Yes, I think with your configuration it should...
> and shouldn't some program from cups-client be listening? > > Or do even client computers need the cups server package? Two times: No ;-) Well, there are 3 possibilites: 1) You install on the client a full cups-server. Then - if you activate Browsing - your client will automagically know about all cups-Servers in the Network - and at the same time about all printers which are available. 2) You install on the client a full cups-server. Then, on the client, using either the web-interface (localhost:631) or the commandline-interface (lpadmin) you add all printers which you want to use. Then, Browsing is needed to automagically detect additional servers in the network or newly connected printers - those printers, which you added "by hand" are independent of browsing. 3) you install on the client only the cups-client, and add in the file /etc/cups/client.conf (It is "client.conf", NOT "cups.conf"!!!!!!!) the parameter "ServerName haggis". With that, the client will ONLY use this cups-Server - and whenever the client wants to know something (what printers do exists, are the working, paper jam, ...), the client will ask the server. So: in this configuration, it is irrelevant whether Browsing is activated or not... The cups-client packages do NOT contain a daemon which listens all the time:-) However, always important are of course the access rights on the server; and you have to "share" the printers on the server - in order to allow clients to use them... HTH, Axel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100403184545.gf24...@axel
