[cups.general] Possible to have a browse server that is not a spool/printer server?

Rob Lists lists at dympna.com
Thu Jul 6 10:35:44 PDT 2006


Greetings,

Is it possible to create a server which only keeps the list of printers,
but does not act as a spool/print server?

I have ~250 printers which already have print servers associated with
them so my goal would be to have a single point to find all the printers
listed without adding a single point of failure for printing.  It seems
what I would call a "Browse server" would allow this.

In trying to do this I have continually run into the problem of my
"Browse Server" becoming a CUPS printer server so that all 250 printers
show up as <printer>@<browse server>: instead of <printer>@<real print
server>:.

I hope this is clear, as I'm currently working with the issue and may
have "forrest for the tree's" syndrome.

__
Rob





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