[cups.general] sharing printers that aren't broadcast

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Thu Mar 5 09:51:37 PST 2009


On Mar 5, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Cheryl L. Southard wrote:
> ...
> So is it possible to broadcast only some printers, while still making
> them all printable from remote computers?

Sorry, no.  Right now your best option is to not use browsing or to  
limit access to printers by username, e.g.:

     lpadmin -p printer -u allow:joe,mary

The clients will get the allow (or deny) list in the browse packets  
and will limit their local printer lists accordingly.

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Michael R Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer

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