On 2/8/2021 2:14 AM, Wols Lists wrote:
This is typical. In my linux setup, the printer is always busy. Stuff
still prints fine, though.
Mine won't print. Says the printer is busy, and nothing else happens. It
just sits there. Let me give better names because even I can get
confused. So, we have three machines. Win10 Home = IRIS, Linux Server =
Athena, Linux Workstation = Janus
If I print directly from Iris, it obviously works fine. If I print from
Athena it works fine. If I print from Janus, it never goes anywhere.
How can I set this up correctly? To describe exactly what I'm trying to
do, let's just use four computers in this example. A is the central
print server. B is the windows client with the printer. C and D are
linux machines. What I want is if either C or D print something, they
both send it to A, and then A sends it to B.
I'd try moving the printer to A, or configuring C & D to print directly
to B. I dunno how you set up smbprint, but that should send straight to
a shared printer on B no problem.
Unfortunately, moving the printer is a no-go right now, for various
reasons. Otherwise I'd just move it to be a network printer. The printer
itself is designed to be network capable. But Iris is technically not MY
Computer, and the printer isn't technically MINE either. They belong to
someone else in the house, and I simply have permission to use them. So
my only two options are 1) Configure EVERYTHING to print to Iris. That's
doable I suppose, but really not what I want, or B) Use Athena as a
central print server just as it already acts as a central file server.
That is FAR more preferable because then if something changes instead of
updating EVERY computer I update ONE.
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Dan Egli
