using cups to serve a home network

[Paul Nebeling]

Dan,

You didn't mention which version of Windows you're using, so I'll assume
it's at least XP.  The way to add the computer to the client computers
is to add a printer, select a network printer and connect to a printer
on a home network.  The address will be of the form http:\\(your server
name):631\printers\(your printer name)

Best of luck,

Paul

The printer name will be the one set up in CUPS, not the device uri.  I
use this arrangement in my home network (although I use Debian rather
than Unbuntu) and it works just fine.

Dan Miller wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to setup a home printer server.  The configuration I'm going for is to have one dedicated server PC with a printer attached sitting on the network so that people on the network can add the printer and print to it at will.
> 
> I installed Ubuntu server 8.04 on the designated server machine and selected the print server software option (along with other options) during installation.  Now I'm 99% sure that cups is what was installed on the machine first off 'cause thats what the documentation I found online strongly implied, and because the cupsd daemon is running on the machine.
> 
> But I haven't been able to find out how to find if the printer is attached to the computer (lp0 is found in /dev/ is I'm guessing it is), and I haven't been able to figure out how to add that printer to any client computer on the network (the computer I'm using to try this is a laptop running Ubuntu desktop 8.04 hardy).  I tried working with cupsd.config but nothing I'm doing turns out to work.
> 
> So if you could tell what I'm doing wrong, or at least, where I could find answers please let me know.
> 
> Thanks