Is there a way to get the originating hostname or IP into the Jobs Web GUI?

[Peter Schwenk]

> Peter Schwenk wrote:
>
> > I am using the version of CUPS that comes with Mac OS X Snow Leopard which
> > is 1.4.7.  I am using a Mac as a print server of sorts.  I have a bunch of
> > Epson large format inkjet printers connected to the Mac via USB.  I am
> > sharing the printers.
> >
> > Printing seems to work fine, but I am holding all jobs so that print
> > operator can release them.  The problem is that in the CUPS web gui (and
> > the Mac print queue GUI) there is no indication of from which host the
> > print jobs originated.  In this situation, I need to know from which
> > computer the jobs originate so that the print operator can release the
> > correct jobs (people pay for the print outs before the jobs are released).
> >
> > I was looking in the cupsd.conf man page and saw the PageLogFormat option,
> > but that only affects the page_log file.  Interestingly enough, on the
> > print server (the machine the printers are directly connected to via USB)
> > the page_log is not populating with entries at all.  It would be nice to
> > know what pages are being printed through the server.
> >
> > Anyway, if someone has an idea of how to get the originating host name in
> > the web gui for jobs, that would be great.  Thanks for your consideration.
>
> You could try to insert handling of the job-originating-host-name into
> /usr/share/cups/templates/xy/jobs.tmpl
> (xy: the localization directory name).
>
> Helge
>


Thanks! That's a good solution.