Anyone? Running localapps is quite useless if we can't print. > -----Original Message----- > From: M Rathburn [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 2:39 PM > To: 'Edubuntu Users Group' > Subject: Local Apps and Network Printing > > Edubuntu 8.10 > > I have an environment set up with applications such as > Firefox and Adobe Reader working smoothly running as a local > app on diskless thin clients that PXE boot. However, I've > run into a pickle with network printing... > > Our printers are on the network and use direct socket > printing (port 9100). > On the Edubuntu server the printers are configured and > working great - if you're not running a local app > (ltsp-localapps). If you're running as a localapp, you don't > get any printers. So I installed CUPS into the thin client > chroot, and that actually works also, pending you don't log > out after configuring a printer (via https). > > What is the best method for printing to network printers when > running applications as local apps? Should whatever is in > /etc/cups just be copied over to /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/cups and > update the image? I've actually tried that, but still don't > see the list of printers in the Printer Dialog Box - I > suspect there's some Gnome applet update or something that > needs to be updated (?). > > Or, is there an alternative method such as samba shared > network printing or something that could be set up in > lts.conf/wherever? > > Thanks. > > >
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