On Tuesday 14 June 2005 02:47 am, Boris Glawe wrote: > Steve & Julie Croteau wrote: > >Greetings, > >Attempting to print share with two FC3 boxes behind a router without > > success. I'm very new to this so be gentle. Does anyone know where I can > > find a simple 'how to' on this subject? I haven't been able to find one. > > > >Thanks, > >Steve > > Printing is done with cups on FC. > cups is client/server based. That means, that the client sends it's > print job over the network to the print server, which prints the document. > > There's actually no difference whether your machine is both the client > and the print server (as it usually is on workstations) or whether you > as a client ask another machine, which functions as a print server. > > I don't know the details in the configuration, but you will find the > necessary files in /etc/cups. I think, you will have to edit > /etc/cups/client.conf . Change the directive "ServerName" to your > machines name - or better: it's ip-address. > > The server has to allow access to the port 631 (631 is the IPP port. > IPP=Internet Printing Protocol). I hope you know how to open ports, > otherwise ask again. > > If you want to know any details about errors, watch the logfiles in > /var/log/cups > > greets Boris Thanks Boris! No I don't know how to open ports. I thought the Gnome print conf gui did that automatically.
