Re: A little frustrated with network printer setup with CUPS

From: Jean-David Beyer (jdbeyer_at_exit109.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:11:19 -0400

Vladimir Florinski wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 02:28:31 -0400, Madhusudan Singh wrote:
>
>
>> I like the idea behind CUPS, but the lack of documentation
>> pertaining to my
>>network setup and continued inability to setup CUPS correctly is
>>frustrating. It used to be so much easier with LPD.
>>
>> Any ideas ? If I am able to sort out this nonsense, I promise to
>> document
>>my experience so that it eases the experience of others.
>>
>>
>
> What's there to document? Setting up a machine as a CUPS client requires
> editing exactly 1 (one) line in the file client.conf (the one that says
> ServerName myhost.domain.com). Restart the cups service and you are done.
>
You really think it is that easy?

Whether I follow your advice or not, it does not print, though for
different reasons, neither of which I understand.

1.) If file /etc/cups/client.conf contains
  ServerName myhost.domain [the right address, of course]
then when I try to print, I get:

root[/etc/cups]# ls -l | lpr
lpr: error - no default destination available.

1a.) I could then print by using:

root[/etc/cups]# ls -l | lpr -P lp

2.) If I comment _ServerName myhost.domain_ out, I get:

root[/etc/cups]# ls -l | lpr
root[/etc/cups]#

and get _no printing_ though it is enqueued, and the server gets a message
evert 10 seconds until I clean out the queue with lprm.

So by following your advice, I have my choice of failure modes, but there
is no success mode. Somehow I need better documentation, as does the O.P.,
though we have different systems. 

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