[K12OSN] interesting printing thing

[Rob Owens]

Let me know how it works out.  I don't have much
experience w/ setting up cups.  I only know about
those options because I stumbled across them after my
home laptop automatically picked up the printer that
was set up on another of my computers.

-Rob

--- Mel Wade <mel at melwade.com> wrote:

> This might solve a problem I've been having with
> 6.0.  I'm getting printers
> on the student network in the dorm showing up on my
> LSTP server.  I don't
> want them there though since users don't have the
> rights to print to them
> and they just add confusion.  I'll try unchecking
> those boxes and then
> trying to delete them.
> 
> Mel
> 
> On 1/8/07, Rob Owens <hick518 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > There are different settings in cups to:
> > 1)  automatically pick up available on the network
> > 2)  broadcast your local printers to the network
> >
> > I can't remember the exact configuration lines,
> but if
> > you use the cups web-based configuration tool, go
> to
> > localhost:631/admin and put a check next to one or
> > both of the following (depending on if there are
> > printers attached to your machine:
> > Show printers shared by other systems
> > Share published printers connected to this system
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > --- Huck <dhuckaby at hvja.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I had not installed any printers whatsoever on
> this
> > > new K12LTSP install
> > > at HVJA...and amazingly when I went to configure
> a
> > > printer...all
> > > networked printers were already installed and
> > > usable! How cool is that? =)
> > >
> > > Not sure what changes were made to CUPS for that
> to
> > > happen but Huck is
> > > happy with the change!
> > >
> > > --Huck
> > >
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