These are some notes I came up with a few years ago,
for connecting Windows machines to CUPS printer servers.
This may have been on my web site or somewhere at one
time, and I just wanted to make it available for
reference.
Install the CUPS daemon on the printer server computer.
Configure the printer via the web interface at
http://localhost:631/
This is not covered by this document but the web
interface is fairly straight forward.
On the CUPS printer server
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a) On the CUPS printer server
make some changes to the CUPS config per
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html
on the CUPS server.
1) in /etc/cups/mime.convs
uncomment:
application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
2) in /etc/cups/mime.types
uncomment:
application/octet-stream
3) In /etc/cups/cupsd.conf per
http://localhost:631/documentation.html
This is using the suggestions in the Linux Cookbook,
by Carla Shroder, ORA, p. 247
and somewhat more restrictive than the suggestions
by the mini-Howto referenced above, and needed for
all clients anyway, whatever the OS the clients run:
LogLevel info
Port 631
Put:
<Location /printers>
Order Deny,Allow
AuthType None
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 192.168.1.*
# -- or whatever is appropriate for the LAN
</Location>
At the windows end:
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Showing my new setup; not long built so just shoved everything on the desk to get it working, still need to sort the cables and where all the speakers are going.
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