Network printing

[csarid at yahoo.com]

Kurt,

Thanks I will try it and let you know.

Frank



> csarid at yahoo.com <csarid at yahoo.com> wrote (Friday 23 June 2006 19:57):
>
> > I have a cups server setup on one subnet and all linux machines on that
> > subnet are able to browse and share the printers from that server
> > automatically. however, I have a group of other linux machines on a
> > completely different subnet and those machines are not able to browse
> > accross the subnet to see the printers.
>
> If you're on CUPS 1.2.x, look at
>
>    http://localhost:631/help/ref-cupsd-conf.html?TOPIC=References
>
> If you're on CUPS 1.1.x, look at
>
>    http://localhost:631/sam.html
>
> Search for the keywords "BrowsePoll" and "BrowseRelay"
>
> You have different options:
>
>   a) let each of the machines in the different subnet do "BrowsePoll"
>      for itself. Puts additional load on the CUPS server for each
>      separate client polling
>
>   b) let one or few clients in the subnet do "BrowsePoll" and at the
>      same time "BrowseRelay" to their own subnet. Requires these
>      clients to be more or less continuously up.
>
> Example for client whose assumed IP address is 10.162.0.56/255.255.255.0
> polling CUPS server 192.168.34.56
>
>   BrowsePoll 192.168.34.56:631
>   BrowseRelay 127.0.0.1 10.162.0.255
>
> All clients on net 10.162.0.[1-254] should see and be able to use all
> printers now (if the CUPS server accepts the clients, that is...)
>
> Cheers,
> Kurt