Many thanks to all who helped me.
For cupsd.conf on the server machine
It turned out that I needed
Listen localhost:631
in addition to
Port 631
Listen /run/cups/cups.sock
Furthermore, on the client machine I had typo
DeviceURI ipp:://MyServer/printers/duploc_usb
(note the double colon)
Unfortunately, CUPS doesn't seem to check the syntax of DeviceURI
or it doesn't report this.
One simply gets "printer could not be located" when one tries to use it.
I didn't want to use enter the SERVER name into /etc/cups/client.conf
on the client machine,
since I want "double spooling', i.e. the client machine should accept
the print job even if the SERVER
machine is down.
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Yes, I still have an old printer which only has a USB-connection and an
Ethernet connection.
Unfortunately, the Ethernet connection broke down recently.
I don't think that WiFi is the best solution since - at least me - have
only 60 Mbits/seccon on the WiFi
but 1 Gbits/second on the wired Ethernet - and some files to be printed
are quite large.
Thanks again,
Helmut.
On 09/12/2018 02:50:36 PM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to install a very simple configuration but fail (CUPS is my
most hated software)
I have two machines on a local network (i.e., I don't need any fancy
security mechanisms)
On one machine - called SERVER - I have a USB printer which works
just fine with CUPS.
I've tried to make it "shared". This printer has the name USB_printer.
On the other machine, which has no physical printer itself, I just
want to add a remote printer which
uses USB_printer on the SERVER.
If I try to configure this remote printer, my first problem is its
name (URL)
I've tried ipp://SERVER:631/printers/USB_printer but when I try to
print to it,
I always get "printer cannot be located"
Would anybody be so kind to share (the relevant parts) of his/her
cupsd.conf on the server as well as
on the client?
