Thanks, I'll give it a try. The BrowsePoll option was one that I didn't have in my configuration. And if that doesn't work, I may have to set up an additional cups server on each subnet as others have suggested I'm still a bit curious why it worked without additional settings on Fedora 8 (and earlier) David PS: also thanks to others who resonded, but I already ruled out firewall (and selinux) issues. On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 07:41:05AM -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 17:55 +0100, David Jansen wrote: > > I came across another weird problem: here at our university department, > > we have a few hundred Linux machines, most of them Fedora, and in the > > process of being upgraded to fedora 10. > > Now my problem is printing. There is a central printserver (running RHEL5) > > and making a fedora pc a client (by placing a printserver entry in > > /etc/cups/client.conf) makes it possible to access all the printers on > > the printserver. > > However, a couple of machines have a local printer as well. That used to > > work in Fedora 8: set up the local printer (probably autodetected on > > install anyway), make sure it is shared, and then make the machine a > > cups client so everything goes to the printserver. A solution I found in > > some howto on the net, but I can't remember where. > > However, in fedora 10, this no longer works. A computer seems to be a > > client of the central printserver, or it is not a client, and it can see > > its own printer, and any browsed cups printers on the local net. > > (and, since our network consists of a couple of subnets in multiple > > buildings, just relying on cups to find all printers by browsing on the > > local subnet is not a complete solution). > > > > Does anyone know how to do this? The thing is ofcourse, that cups has > > not had a major upgrade between fedora 8 and fedora 10, and I see > > nothing in the changelogs that indicates a change of behaviour. > > > > David Jansen > > > This can be done. I have one machine doing it. It requires a careful > reading of the documentation for cupsd.conf on the client machine which > is also its own server. Unfortunately I can't remember exactly what I > did to make this work so the best I can do is to attach a copy of > cupsd.conf on a machine that supports this configuration. Its central > print server is 192.168.100 but can print to its local printer in > addition. > -- > ======================================================================= > Distress, n.: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a > friend. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" > ======================================================================= > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines