cups-1.4.1 browser interface does not findcups shared printer

John Frankish j-frankish at slb.com
Fri Oct 16 05:47:50 PDT 2009


> On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:36 AM, John Frankish wrote:
> > Using cups-1.4.1, the browser interface does not find a printer
> > shared on the local network using cups-1.3.8
> >
> > The following command on the cups-1.4.1 machine will add the shared
> > printer:
> >
> > $ sudo lpadmin -p OfficeJetG85 -E -v ipp://192.168.1.100/printers/OfficeJetG85
> >
> > .and I can print without problems from the cups-1.4.1 remote machine
> > thereafter.
> >
> > Note that using cups-1.3.8 on a remote machine with the same
> > cupsd.conf as the cups-1.4.1 machine, the browser interface finds
> > the shared printer without problems.
> >
> > Any ideas what the problem might be?
>
> Your cupsd.conf file doesn't seem to have a BrowseAddress line in it
> like:
>
>      BrowseAddress @LOCAL

Thanks, I added "BrowseAddress @LOCAL" and "BrowseAddress 192.168.1.100", but no change - the cups-1.4.1 browser interface does not find the printer

>
> >
> > Regards, John
> >
> > -----
> > cupsd.conf
> >
> > LogLevel info
> > Port 631
> > Listen localhost:631
> > Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
> >
> >   ### Which print servers to use
> >   BrowseOrder deny,allow
> >   BrowseDeny from All
> >   BrowseAllow from @LOCAL
> >   BrowseAllow from 192.168.1.*
> >
> >   <Location />
> >   AuthType None
> >   Order Deny,Allow
> >   Deny From All
> >   Allow From @LOCAL
> >   </Location>
> >
> >   <Location /jobs>
> >   AuthType None
> >   Order Deny,Allow
> >   Deny From All
> >   Allow From @LOCAL
> >   </Location>
> >
> >   <Location /printers>
> >   AuthType None
> >   Order Deny,Allow
> >   Deny From All
> >   Allow From @LOCAL
> >   </Location>
> >
> >   <Location /admin>
> >   AuthType None
> >   Order Deny,Allow
> >   Deny From All
> >   Allow From @LOCAL
> >   </Location>
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> ___________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer
>
>
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