Old Cups problem
Erik Jakobsen
eja at urbakken.dk
Tue May 11 16:46:57 CEST 2004
Hi Kurt.
I never got an reply to this mail:
List: kde-print
Subject: [Fwd: Re: Printer]
From: Erik Jakobsen <eja () urbakken ! dk>
Date: 2004-02-06 9:08:41
Message-ID: "<40235999.1090209 () urbakken ! dk>
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Did you see my reply Kurt ?.
--
Erik
["Re: Printer" (message/rfc822)]
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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 21:40:39 +0100
From: Erik Jakobsen <eja at urbakken.dk>
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Subject: Re: Printer
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Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
>>> This shouldn't be required at all. It is much, much, much simpler.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sounds very good.
>>
>>>
>>> *Any* Linux workstation in the same subnet (and kprinter also) should
>>> be able to pick up the available printers from the server automatically.
>>> Unless there are special security concerns, you should do it this way.
>>
>>
>>
>> ok.
>>
>>> On the CUPS server, make sure that cupsd.conf contains
>>>
>>> Browseing On
>>> BrowseAddress @LOCAL
>>
>>
>>
>> good.
>>
>>> (OK -- the @LOCAL macro may not work with older versions of CUPS. In
>>> this case replace it with a valid "broadcast address" including your
>>> clients, like 10.255.255.255, or use "BrowseAddress @IF(eth0)"...)
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm not quite sure what you mean here ?.
>>
>
> If you tell me the output of "ifconfig" for your server and client(s),
> I'll return you a valid "BrowseAddress" setting.
Client:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:69:00:0E:10:8F
inet addr:192.168.1.161 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::269:ff:fe0e:108f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:22105 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:19674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:20709065 (19.7 Mb) TX bytes:3755043 (3.5 Mb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8054 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8054 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1133519 (1.0 Mb) TX bytes:1133519 (1.0 Mb)
Server:
]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BF:91:10:62
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2617678 errors:222 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2338428 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:444 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:1673592927 (1596.0 Mb) TX bytes:234325741 (223.4 Mb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x2000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:44:59:7A:2B
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1850443 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2054151 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:440197722 (419.8 Mb) TX bytes:1418005163 (1352.3 Mb)
Interrupt:12 Base address:0xd800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:398592 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:398592 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:350959484 (334.7 Mb) TX bytes:350959484 (334.7 Mb)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:80.198.8.70 P-t-P:195.249.61.73 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:54596 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:51924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:38685610 (36.8 Mb) TX bytes:3909155 (3.7 Mb)
> If you don't have PPP connectivity (modem or ISDN) to the internet,
> you can also use
>
> BrowseAddress 255.255.255.255
I use ADSL.
>>
>>> On the CUPS client(s), make sure that cupsd.conf contains
>>>
>>> Browsing On
>>
>>
>>
>> good.
>>
>>
>>> and that it doesn't include a "BrowseDeny From <cups-server>", but
>>> rather includes a "BrowseAllow From <cups-server>". You are sure to
>>> pick up the server's printer announcements if you set
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> BrowseAllow from All
>>> BrowseDeny from None
>>
>>
>>
>> Very nice.
>>
>>> To be sure, restart cupsd on clients and server. From now on, every
>>> printer added to the server should appear automatically within 30
>>> seconds on the clients, fully usable with all features of the driver.
>>
>>
>>
>> That indeed sounds easy Kurt.
>>
>> But how to get rid of the set up I made myself ?.
>>
>
> On the clients, delete the locally defined printers (if it was successful).
> Either via KDE tools or by deleting the "/etc/cups/printers.conf" file
Will a new /etc/cups/printers.conf be made ?. I think it will.
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Kurt
>>
>>
>>
>> Bis bald alles gute aus Dänemark.
>>
>
> Cheers,
> Kurt
>
>
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Med venlig hilsen
Best regards
Erik Jakobsen
eja at urbakken.dk
73 de Erik OZ4KK
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