Printer Sharing Problem

[audriusb at homelan.lt]

Quoting hagen <news4didascali at gmx.net>:

Try to reinstall CUPS on laptop and add "CUPS network" printer from GNOME print
manager.

Gediminas Bukauskas

> Nearly a similar problem within my network...
>
> I configured my printer (parallel) with cups on a local machine
> ("server"). It is working locally.
>
> When I installed the linux magazine ubuntu rc-version of ubuntu, my
> little network worked fine, the laptop registered the printer at the
> server automatically - no problems.
>
> Now, after an upgrade and a new installation, printer is not working
> anymore for the laptop. Since one week, nothing but problems.
>
> The printer is invisible for the laptop. If I want to configure under
> Gnome, I'm able to change params, but nothing happens, when I try to
> print a testpage.
>
> Configuring the printer on the laptop under KDE is also without success:
> Some days ago, I got a message while configuring, that I get no
> connection on port 631. The last days, KControl hangs up, when it wants
> initialising the printer system.
>
> If I want to configure the printer on the server (editing cups.conf),
> the system does not find a cups server anymore.
>
> I read the cups docu and several debian docus. Normaly, the
> server-printer should be identified automatically by the laptop.
>
> Why is it not possible to configure cups usin the browser interface?
>
> Thxs for your help..
>
> P.S.: I posted this problem 10 days ago with no feedback, is nobody
> using ubuntu as a printserver?
>
>
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