[cups] Some questions

[Sean Greenslade]

On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 08:53:35PM +0100, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> On Sun, 2 Oct 2016, Michael Sweet wrote:
> 
> > > ... How can I print on CUPS from another CUPS?
> > 
> > You mean printer sharing? Yes, you can print from one system running
> > CUPS to another running CUPS, either directly (just point the client
> > system at the server) or indirectly using a local queue that
> > forwards to the remote queue.
> 
> This is what I hate about CUPS.  I've been using it for years, and I
> know it can do what you say it can do, but from what you said there I
> still would have no idea how to print on one CUPS from another CUPS.
> 
> "just point the client system at the server" is meaningless to a newbie.
> 
> Ditto "indirectly using a local queue that forwards to the remote queue".
> 
> Please, if you're going to explain things to a newbie, *explain* them.
> Please don't use language that only a CUPS expert has any chance of
> understanding.

For simple questions like "how do I connect to a remote CUPS instance?",
the online documentation should be sufficient. For example:

https://www.cups.org/doc/sharing.html

Always remember to Read The Fine Manual, and make some attempt at
solving the problem yourself before coming to the mailing list for help.
Receiving a terse answer on a mailing list is often an indication that
your question is easily answered by a documentation read or Google
search.

--Sean