It turned out to be this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ltsp/+bug/948372
I ran "sudo cupsctl --share-printers" and the printer magically appeared on the clients. Thanks! Todd On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Peter D Knight <pdk.kni...@gmail.com> wrote: > you don't have to setup anything, it should work once the server is setup > Peter > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Todd O'Bryan <toddobr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I can indeed install cups in the client image. How and where do I set >> up the printer, given that I can't actually *run* the client image >> from the server? I suppose if I install the printer on another >> computer, I could just copy the config files, but does someone know >> which files I need to copy? >> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Peter D Knight <pdk.kni...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > use cups to setup the network printer. http://localhost:631 >> > root as the user name and your admin password needed. >> > At home I setup a windows printer and the fat client saw it when using >> > libre word, without any extra work. >> > At a school I installed cups server in the image. >> > Peter >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Todd O'Bryan <toddobr...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hey all, >> >> >> >> I just switched my lab to Kubuntu 11.10 using LTSP fat clients, but >> >> now I can't print from the clients. Users can't even set up the >> >> printer, because the printer configuration tool returns an error: >> >> >> >> ---------- >> >> The service 'Printer Configuration' does not provide an interface >> >> 'KCModule' with keyword >> >> 'system-config-printer-kde/system-config-printer-kde.py' The factory >> >> does not support creating components of the specified type. >> >> >> >> Possible reasons: >> >> * An error occurred during your last KDE upgrade leaving an orphaned >> >> control module >> >> * You have old third party modules lying around. >> >> Check these points carefully and try to remove the module mentioned in >> >> the error message. If this fails, consider contacting your distributor >> >> or packager. >> >> ---------- >> >> >> >> I have a printer on the network that acts like an HP JetDirect >> >> printer. Any idea how to (a) let users add it, or (b, and preferably) >> >> add it to all the fat clients in one swell foop? >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Todd >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> This SF email is sponsosred by: >> >> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >> >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> >> Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >> >> For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Peter D Knight >> > 22 Westfort Rd >> > Houtbay >> > 7806 >> > +27(21)7903579 >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > This SF email is sponsosred by: >> > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >> > _____________________________________________________________________ >> > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >> > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF email is sponsosred by: >> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >> For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > > > > -- > Peter D Knight > 22 Westfort Rd > Houtbay > 7806 > +27(21)7903579 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
