[cups.general] perhaps I misunderstand printer discovery

[Jon LaBadie]

I've got a small constellation of RH linux boxes with a mixture of printers dedicated
to the constellation and others used mainly by some windows boxes.  All the printers
are directly attached to the lan and have internal or external print servers, most all
JetDirect.  The windows people do their thing, I'm only interested in the linux hosts.

I would like to install the printers on just one of the linux boxes, have the others
discover the printers and use them directly.  I do not want any of the linux boxes to
act as print servers for the other hosts.

I've been able to install the printers on one hosts, call it "northstar", and the other
linux hosts do discover them (currently by polling northstar) and can print successfully.
However, they get installed as "printer1 at northstar", "printer2 at northstar".  As a result,
all the print jobs get spooled through northstar which I do not want.

Is it possible, using some form of printer discovery, to accomplish what I'm trying?
I.e. have each of the linux hosts print directly to the printers rather than a central
print server?

If not, I guess I'll have to install each printer on each of the six hosts.

Thanks,