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Teacher needs to put printer on network-Ubuntu
Hi,
I have a lab of 20 computers in my 6th grade classroom. I want to make one of them the print server. I've learned many things, like how to log in as root and edit in the "terminal", but I can not for the life of me achieve the simple....configure my computers on the network with one of them as the print server! Any step by step "how to" available? |
Eek, this could get a little confusing. Ok, now are all of the computers running Ubuntu or do you have a mix?
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Print server
They are all on Ubuntu, same version! Shouldn't this be easy?:confused: :confused:
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Search on the web for howto share printers using CUPS. You may find stuff about Samba, but this is not needed for all Linux boxes.
Basically, you need to add the printer on the server, and set "Listen *.631" and "Browsing On" in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, and make sure that Port 631 is not blocked on the server. Then add the printer on each client, using the Gnome CUPS Manager. You should be able to add it as a network printer using the IPP protocol. The printer should be something like "ipp://hostnameOrIPOfServer:631/printers/Printer", where Printer is the name of the print queue on the server. I hope this helps (and makes some sense) --Ian |
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Did it!!! Yay!!!!
They work! That did it! Hooray!
Had to edit the text of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to get it to finally work. There was one section where that file had "Deny All" in authorizations. When I changed it to "Deny None" it clinched it. As a newbie I have to say no one told me the simple things like , (duh) go to "terminal", log in with "sudo -s".....use "nano /etc/cups/cupsd.conf" to get to the files to edit....I appreciate all the help....it's hard to be a newbie, but the newness wears off fast, I suppose. |
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Rather than Deny None, try "Allow @Local". This should give better security, but it probably doesn't matter. And yes, the newness does wear off after a while :) --Ian |
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