On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Mick wrote:
Guys, this is ridiculous! Every time I want to print something from
my main
Linux machine I have to physically disconnect the printer from the
second
box and connect it to this one. The way this is going I will soon
need to
buy another parallel port connector because the pins will wear out!
Surely, it can't be that difficult. I mean, it obviously is for
me, but a
lot of people have cracked it. It should be straight forward
printing from
one Linux box to the other. Please ask if you need more info from
config
files etc.
In hope that some advice will soon arrive ;-)
Cheers,
one way you can do this is use the features of cups...for instance,
my macintosh has a laser printer attached: the cupsd.conf sys this:
Port 631, Listen /private/var/run/cupsd, BrowseAddress @LOCAL,
BrowseShortNames No, BrowseAllow @LOCAL, BrowseDeny ALL and later
<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From @LOCAL
Allow from 192.168.1.51
</Location>
all this allows all machines on the same subnet as my mac (@LOCAL) to
browse the list of printers and allows all from the local subnet to
print, well, i've also explicitly allowed my laptop access.
on the laptop, I also have Port 631, and not much else. I have NO
printers configured in my laptop...default gentoo install. when i'm
on the net, it gets the broadcast from the mac and I can print...when
i'm not, i have no printers at all.
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