On Tuesday 04 July 2006 00:33, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 17:36 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 03 July 2006 17:28, Tim wrote: > > > The clients should have the original > > > default cupsd.conf and client.conf files (they need nothing done to > > > them for browsing to work). > > > > Your comment about the client.conf file surprises me, as I have always > > had to add the server name in there - though nothing else. Could it be > > that it is only needed if some other package doesn't provide the info? > > Clutching at straws, but if some of us need it and others don't... > > > > Anne > > No entry is needed in the clent.conf file if the machines are on the > same lan. In fact if you put that line in a clients client.conf file the > machine will not be able to print to a local printer on the client > machine. > That seems reasonable. None of my clients have a local printer, so I hadn't thought of that. Naturally putting the server address in will force it to use that one. Anne
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