Am 07.01.20 um 06:06 schrieb Robert Nichols:
On 1/6/20 10:00 PM, Robert Nichols wrote:
On 1/6/20 7:52 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:
Am 06.01.20 um 22:44 schrieb Robert Nichols:
How do I let a CentOS 8 client make use of the shared printers
advertised by CUPS on the network? In CentOS 6, this was just a
matter in a checkbox "Show printers shared by other systems" on the
CUPS Admin page. Is this function still available somehow? Manually
adding all the shared printers on every client would be painful.
I used:
http://localhost:631/
Yes, that's how I'm getting to the CUPS Admin page, which is lacking
the option to use printers that the print server is sharing.
Is the print server running CentOS6?
Yes, and other systems make use of its shared printers just fine. It's
the CentOS 8 CUPS client that doesn't offer to use shared printers.
Does CUPS 2.x perhaps have some hidden setting to operate as a client
vs. as a server? I've never had to configure that before.
OK, I've found a workaround of not bothering with cupsd service locally
and just putting a ServerName in /etc/cups/client.conf . That means
there is no local spool to accept jobs if the print server or network is
down temporarily, but for my use that's acceptable. End of story.
I didn't spent to much time on this but it was necessary to infer the
printer name on the remote site (well i know it but a ordinary user
would not).
So to compile the URI check first the remote site via browser:
My spool name is HP_LaserJet (serverside), substitute it.
http://yourprintserver:631/printers/HP_LaserJet
If you get a printer page then your URI for the client is:
ipp://yourprintserver/printers/HP_LaserJet?version=1.1&encryption=never
this can be used to configure a local "raw" spool on the client via
localhost:631 UI ... the key-values version and encryption are necessary
because CentOS6 cupsd is quite "old".
--
Leon
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