kprinter polling

Goffioul Michael goffioul at imec.be
Thu Nov 25 09:40:49 CET 2004


> Hi list,
> 
> I am using kprinter in KDE 3.3.1 together with CUPS 1.1.22
> I have the following problem:
> When kprinter is started (from an application or command 
> line), it seems to 
> look around for print servers with the result, that my router 
> (that connects 
> my LAN to the Internet) starts a connection to the internet 
> (and I pay).
> 
> I have not found any way, to tell kprinter to just use the 
> locally running 
> CUPS server, and not poll around. Nothing else in KDE gives 
> this problem, so 
> I suppose, my network settings are correct.

Make sure that:
1) KDEPrint settings use "localhost" as CUPS server
   (use "kaddprinterwizard --kdeconfig")
2) CUPS config file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf defines "ServerName"
   as "localhost"

Michael.


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