On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 02:48:11PM -0800, Penguin Lover Mark Knecht squawked: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Willie Wong <ww...@princeton.edu> wrote: > > Basically you just need > > > > 1) Correct permissions in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf > > a) You need the line "Port 631" to allow remote access > > b) Maybe (I am not sure about this one) you need "Browsing On" > > to allow sharing? > > c) You need the section for "<Location />" to have "Allow From > > 192.168.0.*" or whatever netmask you use. > > 2) Either > > a) A working printer that you can print locally from the cups > > server via "lpr -P<NAME>". In this case you can just tell > > the Windows computers to print to > > http://<cups server ip>:631/printers/<NAME> > > using a generic postscript driver. > > Is this true for non-postscript printers? If so it's a great solution.
I've never got option a) working myself... but allegedly it works. I think the idea is that your CUPS server gets mapped as a "local" printer on the Windows machine. So just as how sending postscript files to lpr should work even when you don't run a postscript printer, sending a postscript output to CUPS from windows should work. At least that's how I understand it. > > or > > b) A working printer for which you have the Windows drivers. You > > The Windows driver for this printer does not support network printing > so I don't think this is an option. That's not required, I don't think. My home printer is a Samsung ML 2510, as far as I know it does not have network printing built in. Basically you just install the cups link as a "local" printer for Windows. Instead of Windows sending the commands over USB or LPT, it sends it over ethernet to your cups server. > > need to then setup a raw queue (basically a print queue that > > does not have a cups driver associated to it so the Windows > > boxes can directly send commands to the printer). You tell > > the Windows computers to print to > > http://<cups server ip>:631/printers/<RAW queue name> > > using the Windows drivers for the printer. > > > > OK, so I'm not clear what the <RAW queue name> is. I see it discussed > in the link you pointed us at but that was using some Fedora GUI app. > Is this something you set up by hand in your cupsd.conf or > printers.conf file? This is something I am not sure about. I am *almost* certain that a raw printer just means one that has an entry in printers.conf and does not have a corresponding file in /etc/cups/ppd/ , but like I said, I setup my printer using the web interface, so I am not sure. To setup using the web interface, just add the new printer, but instead of selecting the proper driver for the printer, select "raw" in the list. Good luck, W -- "The main reception foyer was almost empty but Ford nevertheless weaved his way through it." - Ford making his way out of Milliways whilst under the influence of enough alchol to make a rhino sing. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 740 days, 3:12
