hi Alfred, thanks for the suggestion. have been relying on scp the file and lpr on remote.
now, i think i got it working? attached cupsd.conf. some sites that i looked at before i got it working http://chschneider.eu/linux/server/cups.shtml http://askubuntu.com/questions/345083/how-do-i-disable-automatic-remote- printer-installation for the filter failure on remote printer, read in some mailing lists about using raw queue to avoid double conversion on both client and server side? although been doing same setup on adding remote printer on previous versions of cups and everything was ok. on cups webgui, the remote printer's make and model is indicated as "Remote Printer". remote cups server 1.6.1 / ubuntu 12.10 client cups server 2.0.2 / lubuntu 15.04 ** Attachment added: "cupsd.conf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1441423/+attachment/4392757/+files/cupsd.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-config-printer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1441423 Title: printers not listed Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: 1. system-config-printer is not showing all printers listed in cups web interface. 2. print dialog of applications not showing all printers listed in cups web interface. 3. lpstat -a (same result as in 1., 2.) ======= system-config-printer v1.5.6 cups v2.0.2 Linux zzz 3.19.0-12-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 3 04:03:26 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 Codename: vivid ======== To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1441423/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
