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Re: Default printer in SL5
From:
Steve White <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve White <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 5 Jan 2008 10:38:32 +0100
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Paul,

On  4.01.08, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Jan 4, 2008 8:09 AM, Steve White <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using Scientific Linux 5, and trying to connect to our IPP printers
> > (or printer server, I'm not sure). The only mechanism provided by this
> > distribution for Gnome printer configuration is system-config-printer.
> >
> > I finally figured out how to specify a default printer (by editing
> >         /etc/cups/client.conf
> > to contain one line
> >         ServerName my_IPP_servername
> >
> > But how to do this from the Gnome GUI?
> >
> 
> The CUPS print system wants you to use its configuration through the
> web browser at port 631.  Assuming you have the httpd package
> installed, what happens ifyou browse
> 
> http://localhost:631
> 
> The IPP protocol can be specified there as one of the options on the
> second page.
> 
> The CUPS config through the web browser is the preferred method of
> configuration, and the gnome or kde GUI thingies are not.
> 
This only works if CUPS is running on the local system.
Cups is not running on my machine; I don't know why it should be.

CUPS is not running on my colleague's identical system, who set it up with
KDE "effortlessly" to use the print server to print to networked printers.

As I said, I did try setting up CUPS on my system, but after a couple
of days of fiddling and reading web pages, never saw it print anything.

The question is, how to configure a system (using the Gnome GUI) to
use a remote print server and networked printers.

Thanks!

> -- 
> Paul E. Johnson
> Professor, Political Science
> 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
> University of Kansas
> 

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