Tim: >> I think we need to know what's meant by "remote". Another device on the >> local network? Something on a distant network? Over the internet? Michael Hennebry: > Neither is on my "LAN", which consists of a single FC5 box. > The FreeBSD box has its own global IP address and I think it runs lpd. > Is there a way to ask it? > ps -C lpd > produced an empty list, but it might be down again. > The FC3 box is behind a firewall and runs CUPS. > I have the IP address of the firewall which runs Debian. > > I am not root on either of the client machines. > Editing config files on them is out. I'm not sure how you expect to set up printing, if you're not able to configure things. It is an administrative job. If a server has been configured to allow printing (its CUPS and firewall configuration, for instance), then you might be able to specify using that server on the clients, but only if you can configure them. It'd just be a case of specifying the server address in the client's /etc/cups/client.conf file, just one line, as commented in the file. e.g. ServerName remoteprinter.example.com On Windows, I've been able to print to a FC4 CUPS server by specifying the address to the printserver in the printing setup dialogue on Windows, but that's still an issue that requires some administrative privileges. e.g. http://printing.example.com:631/printers/hplaserjet4 If you had something that understood IPP, you should be able to do something similar. e.g. ipp://printing.example.com/printers/hplaserjet4 -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
