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On 12/06/12 18:25, Simon Waters wrote: > Neil Winchurst wrote: >> >> When I had my printer attached via a parallel cable I could get the >> laptop to find it as a network printer and so I could set it up. > > When you say "find it" did you have it configured as shared in Samba, so > windows clients could browse to it? > I have not used Windows for years. I have never used Samba. I have no interest in Windows at all. > I think you can print to IPP printers created by CUPS from Windows, but I > don't think Windows can join in the auto-discovery that CUPS does. So you > end up adding a printer manually and pasting in a URL in the Windows > client. > > I would go with the latter for my own use, since I add web clients rarely > and prefer not to run Samba, or software written to implement other badly > designed protocols where possible. > > Mark E will probably correct me if I'm wrong since he does this stuff all > the time. > >> No doubt there is a simple answer somewhere. > > Probably the CUPS website. > > Also Debian CUPS doesn't expose itself by default in some versions, so > worth checking with "netstat -anp" or the cups.conf file to make sure any > Debian derivative isn't being equally "security conscious". > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq