setup remote printer in cups

[Chris Aitken]

Chris Aitken wrote:
> Chris Aitken wrote:
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>> My strategy here is to create a second working 'printer' (at PC2) to 
>> print remotely (to printer at PC1). I figure that if I can do this 
>> successfully then I can recreate that success on PC3. I am doing this 
>> for two reasons: 1. I know remote printing is working from the 
>> existing 'printer' on PC2, and 2. PC3 is on another floor so it's not 
>> convenient going up and down stairs to see that the printer still 
>> isn't printing.
I'm okay now. I kept trying URIs until I got one to work. The URI that 
finally worked was http://p733:631/printers/PSC_1600_series

That got me printing over the network from computer2 to computer1 (where 
the printer is connected). I changed that to 
http://192.168.0.2:631/printers/PSC_1600_series to print over the 
network from computer3 to computer1 as, I guess, there is no DNS between 
those two computers.

Well, I'm happily printing all over the house now, and I learned a 
little about cups printer paths. I was trying to mix lpd paths into cups 
which is fine if you have symlinks between the two systems (I used to 
have these but do not now). I know soon I'll have to re-learn how to do 
the symlinks so that cups can print from lpd commands. xpdf (for 
example) uses the lpd command. I won't be able to print .pdf files until 
I set up the symlinks.

Thanks Tyler and Alex.

Chris

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