Trouble Printing Cheques: Workaround

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:05:56 -0400 (EDT) Ariel <asgnucash at dsgml.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, John P. New wrote:
> 
> > Machine A: Local computer running gnucash
> > Machine B: Computer running a CUPS server, serving a print queue for a network
> > printer
> > Printer C: The network printer
> >
> > Problem: The gtk+ prinitng API on Machine A can't seem to get a connection to
> > network Printer C through Machine B's CUPS server.
> >
> > Solution: On Machine A (the one running GnuCash), start a CUPS server and add
> > Printer C to that server. The gtk+ printing API should now be able to print
> > to the second CUPS server running on Machine A.
> >
> > Pros: Printing cheques works to a network printer
> > Cons: Two CUPS servers running, and the same printer is defined twice on the
> > same network
> 
> Don't have Machine A connect directly to printer C, instead have CUPS on 
> Machine A talk to CUPS on Machine B.

*AND* set up the CUPS permissions / listener config on Machine B to
listen to other machines on the LAN and broadcast its info to other
machines on the LAN.  Takes a little fussing with the cupsd
configuration file on Machine B -- the CUPS documentation for dealing
with admining a CUPS server on a LAN basically sucks and the UI has
problems as  well -- it is  way *too* pointy-clicky and the
pointy-clicky interface has no real admin support for multiple machines
on a LAN.  Oh, machine B's needs to have a static IP address or else
HAS to boot *after* the DHCP and DNS servers.

You don't really have to  ANYTHING to Machine A except install CUPS and
then configure CUPS on Machine A to look out on the LAN for CUPS
servers. All of the tricky setup is on the machine with the print queues.

> 
> At least that way you have a single queue.
> 
>  	-Ariel
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