[cups.general] Printing to shared/remote queus & LDAP 'browseing' [Was: cups-lpd and remote queues]

[Michael Sweet]

Adam,

On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:08 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 07:05 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>> On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 21:38 -0400, Michael Sweet wrote:
>>> Adam,
>>> Yes, we intentionally do not allow this configuration
>> Excellent, thanks for the response.  Keeps me from beating my head
>> against the wall.
>> Apparently it isn't possible to remotely print to a discovered queue via
>> IPP either.  I suppose this makes sense
> 
> If I configure CUPS to 'browse' queues via LDAP -
> 
> BrowseLocalProtocols cups ldap
> BrowseRemoteProtocols ldap
> 
> - can those print queues be shared with clients?

Sorry, no.  Anything marked as a "remote" printer can't be shared.  The usual workaround is to use a passthrough PPD (one that has cupsFilter lines for most file formats with a "-" filter) based on the original PPD from the server.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair