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10.3: Print to a remote CUPS server
Authored by: fenner on Jan 19, '04 01:52:10PM

I have to admit that I've got several printers configured to spool to a remote CUPS server and have never had the problem from this hint. I did want to share the option-click on add printer button, since afaik that's not documented anywhere and is nicer if you don't want to go through the cups web interface.



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10.5: Print to a remote CUPS server --- old tricks no longer work
Authored by: rpgoldman on Feb 24, '08 10:22:48AM

Alas and alack, on OS X 10.5, there is no option-click when adding a printer, and no access to any advanced menu item.

So for newer Macs, this trick won't work. I find that the hand-munging of CUPS through the CUPS web interface won't, either. I was able to add a printer that way, and can print to it through the command line, but the native mac interfaces don't see the printer queue I added by hand. It doesn't show up in the printer System preferences tool, either, although one can see it through the cups web interface.

This gives me only a very crippled printing facility. :-(



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10.5: Print to a remote CUPS server --- old tricks no longer work
Authored by: dsomar on Mar 06, '08 04:22:34PM
I'm dealing with a Leopard upgrade and learned that CUPS needs to be re-enabled to display shared printers in Leopard. There's a quick command :

cupsctl BrowseRemoteProtocols=cups

Take a look at http://mcdevzone.com/2007/10/28/printer-fix-for-leopard/

Hope this helps,
D

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