[cups] Using a network enabled printer from a lappy

Gene Heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Sun Feb 28 15:31:20 PST 2016


On Sunday 28 February 2016 17:44:09 Daniel Miller wrote:

> "printer sharing" needs to be enabled on your "machine" and then try
> adding BrowsePoll printserverip:port to your laptop's
> cups-browsed.conf.
>
None of the 4 machines where it Just Works(TM) has a cups-browsed.conf
I added it to that stanza in cupsd.conf and restarted cups but its still 
not visible.

Thanks.

> Daniel
>
> On February 28, 2016 11:34:34 AM Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> 
wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> >
> > Trying to make a network printer work from my lappy.
> >
> > It is addressed at a local network ipv4 address, and cups can see
> > it, but its a brother (both are in fact) that needs its own ppd's
> > from brother.
> >
> > I have them but no quick and dirty way to get them from this machine
> > to the lappy, and finding Brothers ppd's on their site is a drag as
> > they make the linux drivers everything but invisible.
> >
> > So, since its all on the same local 192.168.xx.yy network, how do I
> > go about relaying the printjob to this machine, so that this machine
> > then processes the job and prints it?
> >
> > And its a bit strange, I have another machine on this same local
> > network as the printer, and I cannot find a mention of any printer
> > except the default .PDF generator anyplace in the /etc/cups tree.
> >
> > But if I fire up a copy of the editor, geany and ask it to print a
> > file, every printer available on this main machine, is available for
> > use by that machine.  Ditto on 2 other machines of my local network,
> > but not from the lappy.  Best I seem to be able to do is to see it,
> > but the filter failed.
> >
> > Clues please.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>



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