> I am having problems with printing from a Windows desktop to the printer > thru Linux/CUPS. When I define the printer in Windows it comes back with a > message that the printer > is not spelled correctly or is not found. > > Searching thru the Marist Listserve Archive I see that CUPS by default does > not open or open port 515 for LPD which it is not open at this time. > > I believe I saw something that says you also must setup or start CUPS-LPD ?
If your Windows clients are Win2000 or later, you don't have to use LPD at all -- Microsoft actually bought a clue and put IPP support into Windows natively. When you define the printer on the Windows client, select Internet Printing, and when prompted for the URI for the printer use: http://cups-host:631/printers/cups-queue Replace cups-host with the hostname of the machine running the CUPS daemon, and cups-queue with the name you used on the Linux server when you defined the printers to CUPS. Note that the port number (631) and the /printers/ are *required*. > The desktops and the printer have the IP address in the same subnet but the > Linux guest with SAMBA and CUPS is on a different subnet. > Is there something I need to do to make sure that the printer or CUPS > printer is broadcast to all subnets ? Doesn't matter as long as the clients can resolve the hostname of the print server, and port 631 is open between clients and CUPS server, and from the CUPS server to the printer. Browse-and-print setup is a little more complicated to set up via Samba, ask me off list for that one. Depending on your Linux distribution, you may need to explicitly allow clients from other subnets. Take a look at the comments in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf for current syntax (or open a browser to http://cups-host:631 and click on Documentation to get current docs). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
