[TriLUG] remote printing - I can't get it to work

[Jason Tower]

you might want to try CUPS instead of LPD, it supposedly makes network 
printing easier since it uses auto-discovery/broadcasts to find other CUPS 
nodes automatically.  i use CUPS at my home office with a jetdirect printer 
and it works great.

there is a 'redhat-switch-printer' utility on RH73 that lets you switch 
between the two print daemons

once CUPS is running you hit it from a broswer: http://localhost:631

check out linuxprinting.org for additional info

jason

On Wednesday 13 November 2002 02:47, Greg Kuhn wrote:
> My name is Greg and I am a linux newbie/junky. Now on to my problem. For
> the last few months I have been attempting to setup remote printing for my
> home network, and falling on my face at every turn. My setup: Red Hat 7.3,
> running as a server, two nics, one for the cable modem the other for the
> internal network. eth0 is 24.xxx.xxx.xxx, eth1 is 192.168.0.1. I followed
> the printing howto and added the ip addresses of the workstations that I
> want to print from to hosts.lpd. The printer is setup on the server as
> queue:optra on /dev/lp0, printer works just fine from the server. I then
> created the printer on the workstations, queue is optra, connected to
> 192.168.0.1, i hope that is right.The workstations are also running RH7.3.
> restarted lpd on all machines and no print. My winblows machines print fine
> using samba. The printer: Optra E312 connected to the server via the
> parallel port for now, will eventually connect it via the USB port. I am
> losing my mind on this one, I have searched high and low. If any more info
> is needed let me know and will provide what I know. Thanks in advance.
>
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