[cups.general] difficulties with remote printer

Tim Waugh twaugh at redhat.com
Tue Feb 1 03:24:13 PST 2011


On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 03:03 -0800, Ilan Tal wrote:
> BTW, there is a Catch-22 situation in what you suggest. I can't get
> information in the case where it does *not* work because I couldn't
> see the printer to choose it. Still the firewall solved the problem,
> so who cares??

Don't you see the option "Not listed" at the top?  After selecting that
you are asked whether you're trying to print to a local printer or a
network printer, and then you are asked its hostname etc.

> While I have you, do you have any suggestions if I should have a
> firewall in place? I am sitting behind my router on a private network
> so it isn't obvious to me what a firewall will give me, or what I
> should choose if it is needed.

Yes, it's wise to have a firewall in place, even on a private network.

Tim.
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