accessing a remote CUPS server

[Maf. King]

On Wednesday 16 September 2009 15:32:45 Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 16. September 2009 16:03:50 schrieben Sie:
> > > And how do I have to configure my local CUPS server to mirror the
> > > printers of a remote CUPS server? Sorry, but I couldn’t find anything
> > > in this direction, neither on http://localhost:631 nor via Google. Note
> > > that I want to mirror all printers of the remote CUPS server
> > > automatically, not add selected printers by hand.
> >
> > I think you need to set in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf (on the local server)
> >
> > Browsing On
> >
> > (and possibly
> > BrowseOrder allow,deny
> > BrowseAllow [localhost|all|whatever]
> > DefaultAuthType [Basic|whatever]
> >
> > google to see what they do!)
>
> I’ve read a bit about browsing in the CUPS documentation now. It seems that
> the remote server has to mention my local host explictely in its
> configuration file if my local host shall receive printer information from
> the remote host. So I would have to ask the admin of our department to
> include my laptop in the list of recipients of browsing information. I
> don’t think he will want to do that. :-(
>
> Best wishes,
> Wolfgang

Yes, the CUPS server (with the print queues) will need a BrowseAddress which 
matches with your machine.

Although, if you can see the printer queues in KDE3, perhaps browsing is 
enabled anyway?

Maf.