CUPS Nightmare

[Bill Johnson]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Tim Waugh wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 09:16:21PM -0500, Bill Johnson wrote:
> 
> > Thanks, Erwin, for the reply.
> > 
> > I have tried a couple of things based on the good responses from this 
> > list.
> > 
> > I now have 2 queues defined on the server.  One is called HP841C and it is 
> > intended to be used for printing from the server.  It is defined with the 
> > correct driver for the HP841C printer.  The other queue on the server is 
> > called HP841C_SHARED and it is set up as a raw queue.
> 
> Why a raw queue?  I think you just need the one queue, and set it shared.
> 
> On the laptop, or any client, there is no need to set a queue up.
> Just enable remote queue browsing ("Automatically find remote shared
> queues") with the Printing tool from the menu, and print directly to
> those queues by name.
> 
> For simple situations like this there is no need to use the web GUI.
> The graphical tool is meant to be a simple replacement, covering the
> most often-used functionality. (I'm aware there are large gaps for
> more sophisticated needs.)
> 
> Tim.
> */
> 

This makes perfect sense to me, and is what I would like to set up.  I'm 
running KDE, and the printing tool from the system settings menu does not 
include any such option (Automatically find remote shared queues) that I 
can see.  I looked at the print config in the KDE control panel, and don't 
see any such option there, either.  Where is this option that you 
describe.  I'd like to try it.


 -- Bill Johnson

"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and 
mighty things that thou knowest not."  Jeremiah 33:3