[KLUG Members] set up network printing...

Mark Bystry mabystry at verizon.net
Tue Mar 7 13:09:21 EST 2006


Adam Tauno Williams wrote the following on 3/7/2006 9:14 AM:

> If you had set "listen to" to "*:631" then you shouldn't have had to
> specify the print server IP.  That is the purpose of IPP browsing - all
> the IPP servers and clients find each other via broadcast.  You only
> need to specify the print server if you are in connected in such a
> fashion that you can't hear the broadcasts.


well, i guess that's proof that i still have a lack of full understanding. nevertheless, i'm still 
giggling with the fact that it worked out rather well...and i was ready to buy a print server. this 
is why i love linux.

thanks adam

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Mark Bystry
SuSE 10.0
KDE 3.4.2


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