[cups.general] hide a printer?

Henri S henri at stmargarets.school.nz
Thu Nov 6 15:57:53 PST 2008


If you require authentication to print then, you could also consider
PrintAgent and then intergrating PrintAgent with your directory system.

>Adam wrote:
>> Is there a way to make a printer 'hidden', so that it can still be
>printted to, but client machines connecting to a central server wouldn't
>sree it?
>
>There isn't a way to hide a printable queue from the user, but you
>can define a list of allowed users (or conversely, a list of users
>that are not allowed) for a printer - the printer will then only show
>up for the users (or groups) that actually can use the printer.





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