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Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) is a modular computer printing system for Linux and UNIX like oses.
It allows Linux computer to act as a printer server. As a server it accepts printing requests from all client computer and send them to actual printer. It does printing accounting and other important stuff.
CUPS admin tools
CUPS comes with following admin tools:
- GUI admin tools (gnome-cups-manager or KDEPrint or redhat-config-printer)
- Text based GUI admin tools (redhat-config-printer-tui)
- Web based admin tool (port 631 so http://server-ip:631/ will open CUPS web-admin)
- And command line editing tools (lpadmin)
You can use above tools to share or setup a printer. The default configuration file is /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. You can edit this file to allow network access:
# vi /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
Modified text:
<Location/>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 192.168.1.*
</Location>
CUPS will accept connection from localhost and network 192.168.1.0/24. Just restart the service and your printer queue is ready to accept connections from clients:
# /etc/init.d/cups restart
Open Iptables 631 port
Make sure you open TCP/UDP Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) 631 on CPUS server system.
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I am using a linux terminal server to connect thin clients to SUN Solaris machine. I want some one to guide me how do i configure local printer on a thin client so that a report generated in SUN machine can be sent to that printer.