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author | Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org> | 2012-10-25 21:07:57 +0200 |
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committer | Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org> | 2012-10-25 21:07:57 +0200 |
commit | 81ab83f382660bc7980ae954725c4ebf28764b03 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/help/sharing.html b/doc/help/sharing.html index 00ccb6fe..e13cfed4 100644 --- a/doc/help/sharing.html +++ b/doc/help/sharing.html @@ -12,123 +12,46 @@ <h2><a name="BASICS">The Basics</h2> -<p>A "server" is any machine that communicates directly to a printer. A "client" -is any machine that sends print jobs to a server for final printing. Clients can -also be servers if they communicate directly with any printers of their own.</p> +<p>A "server" is any machine that communicates directly to a printer. A "client" is any machine that sends print jobs to a server for final printing. Clients can also be servers if they communicate directly with any printers of their own.</p> -<p>By default, CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) to send jobs from -a client to a server. When printing to legacy print servers you may also use the -Line Printer Daemon (LPD) when printing to older UNIX-based servers or Server -Message Block (SMB) when printing to Windows<sup>®</sup> servers.</p> +<p>By default, CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) to send jobs from a client to a server. When printing to legacy print servers you may also use the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) protocol when printing to older UNIX-based servers or Server Message Block (SMB) when printing to Windows<sup>®</sup> servers.</p> -<p>Clients can automatically discover and access shared printers via CUPS -browsing, IPP, Service Location Protocol (SLP), and Lightweight Directory Access -Protocol (LDAP). DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD a.k.a. Bonjour<sup>®</sup>) -and SMB browsing can also be used to manually discover and access shared -printers.</p> +<p>Clients can automatically discover and access shared printers via DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD a.k.a. Bonjour<sup>®</sup>). SMB browsing can also be used to manually discover and access shared printers when <a href="http://www.samba.org/">Samba</a> is installed.</p> <h2><a name="SERVER_CONFIG">Configuring the Server</a></h2> -<p>You must enable printer sharing on the server before clients can print -through it. The simplest way to do this is to use the -<a href="man-cupsctl.html">cupsctl(8)</a> command on the server:</p> +<p>You must enable printer sharing on the server before clients can print through it. The simplest way to do this is to use the <a href="man-cupsctl.html">cupsctl(8)</a> command on the server:</p> <pre class="command"> cupsctl --share-printers </pre> -<p>By default, the above command will allow printing from other clients on the -same subnet as your server. To allow printing from any subnet, use the following -command instead:</p> +<p>By default, the above command will allow printing from other clients on the same subnet as your server. To allow printing from any subnet, use the following command instead:</p> <pre class="command"> cupsctl --share-printers --remote-any </pre> -<p>Next, you need to choose which protocols to use for printer sharing. The -default is CUPS browsing and DNS-SD on Mac OS X and CUPS browsing alone on -other platforms. To set the sharing protocols, run the <b>cupsctl</b> command -to set the -<a href="ref-cupsd-conf.html#BrowseLocalProtocols">BrowseLocalProtocols</a> -value. For example, run the following command to allow shared printing via -CUPS, DNS-SD, LPD, and SMB:</p> +<p>Next, tag each printer that you want to share using the <a href="man-lpadmin.html">lpadmin(8)</a> command on the server, for example:</p> <pre class="command"> -cupsctl 'BrowseLocalProtocols="cups dnssd lpd smb"' +lpadmin -p printer -o printer-is-shared=true </pre> - -<h2><a name="AUTO_CUPS">Automatic Configuration using CUPS Browsing</a></h2> - -<p>CUPS browsing works by periodically broadcasting information about printers -that are being shared to client systems on the same subnet. Each client -maintains its own list of shared printers, and when more than one server shares -the same printer (or the same kind of printer) the client uses all of the -servers and printers to provide high-availability and failsafe printing.</p> - -<p>To configure printers on the same subnet, <em>do nothing</em>. Each client -should see the available printers within 30 seconds automatically. The printer -and class lists are updated automatically as printers and servers are added or -removed.</p> - -<blockquote><b>Note:</b> - -<p>Due to user interface changes in Mac OS X 10.5, CUPS shared printers will not -automatically appear in the print dialog. Instead, you must first run the -following command to enable CUPS browsing on your system:</p> - -<pre class="command"> -cupsctl BrowseRemoteProtocols=cups -</pre> - -<p>Then choose each of the CUPS shared printers you want to see in the print -dialog by adding them, either from the <var>Add Printer...</var> item in the -print dialog or from the <var>Print & Fax</var> preference pane in the -<var>System Preferences</var> window.</p> - -</blockquote> - -<h3><a name="BROWSE_POLL">Seeing Printers on Other Subnets</a></h3> - -<p>You can automatically access printers on other subnets by adding -<a href="ref-cupsd-conf.html#BrowsePoll"><code>BrowsePoll</code></a> lines -to the <var>cupsd.conf</var> file on your local system. For a single -server you can use the <b>cupsctl</b> command:</p> +<p>You can require authentication for shared printing by setting the policy on each printer, for example:</p> <pre class="command"> -cupsctl BrowsePoll=server:port -</pre> - -<p>For multiple servers, use the CUPS web interface (http://localhost:631/admin) -to edit the configuration file instead. Enter one <code>BrowsePoll</code> line -per server at the bottom of the file, as follows:</p> - -<pre class="example"> -BrowsePoll server1:port -BrowsePoll server2:port -BrowsePoll server3:port -</pre> - -<p>If you have more than one client on your subnet that wants to see the -printers on those servers, add a -<a href="ref-cupsd-conf.html#BrowseRelay"><code>BrowseRely</code></a> line -to the <var>cupsd.conf</var> file on your local system using the <b>cupsctl</b> -command:</p> - -<pre class="command"> -cupsctl 'BrowseRelay="127.0.0.1 @LOCAL"' -</pre> - -<p>or CUPS web interface (again, at the bottom of the file):</p> - -<pre class="example"> -BrowseRelay 127.0.0.1 @LOCAL +lpadmin -p printer -o printer-op-policy=authenticated </pre> <h2><a name="AUTO_IPP">Automatic Configuration using IPP</a></h2> +<blockquote><b>Note:</b> +<p>This method of configuration does not work on OS X 10.7 or later because sandboxed applications do not always have direct network access.</p> +</blockquote> + <p>CUPS can be configured to run without a local spooler and send all jobs to a single server. However, if that server goes down then all printing will be disabled. Use this configuration only as absolutely necessary.</p> @@ -167,6 +90,10 @@ port. The environment variable overrides both the user and system <h2><a name="MANUAL">Manual Configuration of Print Queues</a></h2> +<blockquote><b>Note:</b> +<p>This method of configuration does not work on OS X 10.7 or later because sandboxed applications do not always have direct network access.</p> +</blockquote> + <p>The most tedious method of configuring client machines is to configure each remote queue by hand using the <a href="man-lpadmin.html">lpadmin(8)</a> command:</p> |