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tony5429

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Registered: 2006-03-28

Posts: 1,017

Cups

I have a printer connected to my arch linux system and have CUPS set up to be a print server for my roommate who is on windows vista so that he can use my printer if he wants to. To set it up, I edited /etc/cups/cupsd.conf...

I changed Listen localhost:631 to Listen 631
And I changed the section on server access restriction to say...
        <Location />
          Order allow,deny
          Allow All
        </Location>

Then on his computer I added a network printer at http://192.168.1.100:631/printers/HP_Deskjet_2430 (my IP address is 192.168.1.100). It works great - except, my IP address changes every once-in-a-while. Is there a way I can set it up so that he doesn't have to install a new printer every time my IP address changes? I tried to use my computer name (vladimir) but had no luck getting it to work...

Shaika-Dzari

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From: Québec, Canada

Registered: 2006-04-14

Posts: 436

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Re: Cups

Can you use a static IP or configure your dhcp server to always give the same IP to your computer?

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tony5429

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Registered: 2006-03-28

Posts: 1,017

Re: Cups

I've messed around a bit with the router settings but gotten no where. I am just wondering if there is a way to tell my roommates computer my linux box's hostname (vladimir)... Supposedly, windows should be able to see \\vladimir\printers\HP_Deskjet_2430 so that if my IP address changes, it won't matter...but I haven't been able to get this to work. I guess I am just wondering if anyone out there has been able to connect a windows computer to a linux_print_server_hostname/printers/printer_name rather than to linux_print_server_ip_address/printers/printer_name (which is what i'm doing now). If so, what is the proper syntax?