[gentoo-user] 2 remote printing methods

[gentoo-user] 2 remote printing methods

[Grant]

If I'm understanding it correctly, there are two ways to print
remotely via cups.  I can set up the same printer in both the local
and remote cups admins, or I can specify the ServerName directive in
the local /etc/cups/client.conf and only set up the printer on the
remote system.

Is that correct?  Could I use two remote printers attached to the same
print server via the ServerName method?

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] 2 remote printing methods

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:30:51 -0700, Grant wrote:

> Is that correct?  Could I use two remote printers attached to the same
> print server via the ServerName method?

Yes. I have two printers attached to my Mini-ITX server box and both are
available across the network. The only configuration on the client boxes
is to add the ServerName directive, the printers are picked up
automatically.


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Re: [gentoo-user] 2 remote printing methods

[Grant]

> > Is that correct?  Could I use two remote printers attached to the same
> > print server via the ServerName method?
>
> Yes. I have two printers attached to my Mini-ITX server box and both are
> available across the network. The only configuration on the client boxes
> is to add the ServerName directive, the printers are picked up
> automatically.

How are you defining ServerName?  The following is how I specified the
remote printer's location in the cups admin:

http://192.168.0.1:631/printers/brotherhl2040

I've tried a few variations of this (and restarted cupsd) but nothing
shows up in Firefox's printer choices now that I've deleted the
printer's local definition in the cups admin.

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] 2 remote printing methods

[Grant]

> > > Is that correct?  Could I use two remote printers attached to the same
> > > print server via the ServerName method?
> >
> > Yes. I have two printers attached to my Mini-ITX server box and both are
> > available across the network. The only configuration on the client boxes
> > is to add the ServerName directive, the printers are picked up
> > automatically.
>
> How are you defining ServerName?  The following is how I specified the
> remote printer's location in the cups admin:
>
> http://192.168.0.1:631/printers/brotherhl2040
>
> I've tried a few variations of this (and restarted cupsd) but nothing
> shows up in Firefox's printer choices now that I've deleted the
> printer's local definition in the cups admin.
>
> - Grant

I needed to specify the ServerName like so:

ServerName 192.168.0.1

- Grant
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