[cups.general] Remote administration and Printing from a Fedora Core 10 Print Server

[Tod Thomas]

I have a LAN that I'd like all machines to be able to print from a 
central print server. 

I've installed CUPS and Samba on a FC10 machine that I want to use as 
the print server.  I have a mix of hard wired and wireless machines that 
I want to be able to use it to print from.  They are running a mix of 
Windows and Linux.  I want the windows boxes to be able to 'discover' 
the available printers on the network to avoid needing to configure each 
one individually.


My cupsd.conf looks like this:


Listen *:631
Loglevel debug
ServerName MyPrintSrv
#ServerName 192.168.5.20

Browsing On
BrowseProtocols cups
BrowseOrder Deny,Allow
BrowseAllow from @LOCAL

<Location />
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
# Allow From 127.0.0.1  
  Allow From 192.168.10.*
</Location>

<Location /admin>
  AuthType Basic
  AuthClass System
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
# Allow From 127.0.0.1  
  Allow From 192.168.10.*
</Location>

<Location /printers/epson>
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
# Allow From 127.0.0.1  
  Allow From 192.168.10.*
  AuthType None
</Location>

.... and my smb.conf looks like this:

[global]
    workgroup = homelan
    server string = Samba Server Version %v
    netbios name = MyPrintSrv
    interfaces = lo eth0 192.168.5.0/24 192.168.10.0/24
    hosts allow = 127. 192.168.5. 192.168.10.
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    max log size = 50
    security = user
    passdb backend = tdbsam
    load printers = yes
    cups options = raw
    printcap name = cups
    printing = cups

[homes]
    comment = Home Directories
    browseable = no
    writable = yes
    valid users = %S

[printers]
    comment = All Printers
    path = /var/spool/samba
    browseable = no
    guest ok = yes
    public  = yes
    writable = no
    printable = yes

....and my printers.conf looks like:

<Printer Okidata>
Info Okidata OL-600e
Location Home
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
State Idle
StateTime 1255298225
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>


Currently, my windows machines can't see the printer and can't seem to 
connect to it.  On the linux side I'm not sure what the best way to 
establish a connection is.  I tried configuring the printer using the 
linux client cups web interface but that doesn't seem to be working.

I initially had trouble on the server side cups interface because it 
doesn't allow remote administration by default but I think I have that 
working correctly now.  Oddly though on the server web interface when I 
configure the printer some of the selections on the manage printer 
section (Reject jobs, Move all jobs, etc) all point to 127.0.0.1:631 
than the host name.  Everything else remote administration wise seems to 
work fine.



So I guess my questions are:


- Can I get CUPS/SAMBA configured so that windows can see the printers?
  - If so can I give them the ability to print w/o logging on first?
- Do my config files look ok or is something wrong/missing?
- How do I get my linux clients configured to be able to print on the 
print server?
  - Is there a way to get them to see the available printers dynamically 
like I want for windows?
- What would be the best method(s) for debugging this?
- What information can I provide to make my setup a little clearer?
- Is there a tutorial or document available that describes what I'm 
trying to do?


Thanks in advance,

Tod