[cups] "Share This Printer" by default?

Grant emailgrant at gmail.com
Fri Jan 9 13:02:04 PST 2015


>> Can I have CUPS check the "Share This Printer" checkbox by default?
>
>
> From
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/260285
> I notice that you use CUPS 1.7.5
>
> Accordingly
> http://cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.7/ref-cupsd-conf.html
> is the matching documentaion, see "DefaultShared" therein
> that reads in particular
> "The DefaultShared directive specifies whether printers are
>  shared (published) by default. The default is Yes."
>
> But that default is only what it is at cups.org.
>
> For the cupsd in your Linux distribution (gentoo 2.2 64 bit
> according to https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/260285)
> the default could be different.


If my distro has a different default, would it appear in the
distributed cupsd.conf?


> Furthermore the default for a "Share This Printer" checkbox
> (you didn't tell in what tool that "Share This Printer" checkbox is)
> in whatever printer setup tool might be independent of the
> DefaultShared directive for your cupsd.


I'm using the web interface to CUPS.

- Grant



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