[GRLUG] Noobie printer question, ..

[megadave]

You need CUPS on the client machines too

Lets say "server" is the nme of the box the printer is physiclly connected to.

Go to http://server:631/ and go into each printer and make sure under
"administration", that "share printers connected to this system" is
checked. save/apply/etc.

Then on each client machine, go to http://localhost:631/ ...
administration 'add new printer'.. or "find new printers".. it should
be mostly self explanatory from there.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:16 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> At 08:13 PM 9/5/2012, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>
>> I'd just use the CUPS WebUI [http://{yourhost}:631],  just add the
>> printer as an app-socket / 9100 device.   Most likely, unless your
>> JetDirect is very old or has some features disabled, CUPS will present
>> the printer as one to add automatically [it already knows the printer is
>> there and just needs the admin to configure it].
>
>
> Thanks for the reply, but that's the problem - the printer is already
> attached to a server queue [CUPS on a central machine], and I would prefer
> to NOT setup multiple machines pointing at the same physical printer [which
> bypasses the entire concept of a queue, does it not?].
>
> I always thought CUPS was the 'server queue manager', .. so my question is
> how would a workstation 'subscribe' to the server queue, instead of creating
> another queue?
>
>         TFTR!
>
>
>         Lee
>
>
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