How to share cups printer with other linux systems

tj 999alfred at comcast.net
Tue Feb 24 11:26:28 PST 2009


I am trying to get one linux system to use the printer on another linux system with cups, easy right? Well, I cannot get it to work. The server system has a Brother HL-1440 which works perfectly and can be used by Windows systems via samba.

In the cupsd.conf I have Browsable Yes and on the cups printer page it shows published, so I guess that that means other systems can see it.

Now on the client system, I enter ipp://192.168.1.205:631/HL-1440, the address of the server and the printers name. And, while it says configured and the little green icon is on the printer trying to print the test page all I get is the host busy trying it again in xx seconds.

In fact, this happens no matter what I put in as the ipp address.

Help.

tj

PS. Is there someplace a nice beginners tutorial on all of this. Every doc I see assumes you already pretty much know everything to begin with.




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