Use of Cups printing in a home network.

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 19:29 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> 
> >> DeviceURI usb:/dev/usb/lp0
> >> Location Gloss paper, hi-res, no duplex
> >> Info Gloss paper, hi-res, no duplex
> > 
> > The Location line simply repeats the Info line, but since I think this is
> > only meant as an easy identifier comment, it's probably ignored.
> > 
> > In every instance I use, the DeviceURL is simply
> > usb:/dev/usb/lp0
> 
> Is this on the machine to which the printer is attached,
> or are you referring to remote machines too?
> 
> I have
> DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
> in /etc/cups/printers.conf on my desktop (to which the printer is attached)
> but
> DeviceURI ipp://alfred:631/printers/lj
> on my laptop .
That is surprising . Did you put that line in the printers.conf file on
you laptop. Because under cups, printer information should be browsed by
the client from the server. So far a line like that does not work for
me.
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