Ubuntu
cupsys package

  1. Bug #237061
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 237061

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Jarno Suni (jarnos) wrote : Re: [Hardy][Xubuntu] Shared printing in local network does not work

I found out that configuring a network printer on a client computer is harder in (x)ubuntu 8.04 than in 7.10, though it is possible to make it work:

Instructions for 8.04:
file:////usr/share/xubuntu-docs/print-fax-scan.html#printing
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/printing/C/printing.html#network

Instructions for 7.10:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu#head-0df5ec7721982ff2e28d944cb6d0c198a001bb7c

In summary: In 8.04 printers shared by other systems are not shown automatically even if you have checked "Show printers shared by other systems" in Server Settings of system-config-printer. I could find the shared printer by adding a new IPP printer by that program. For some reason I couldn't find the printer by http://localhost:631/admin "Find New Printers" even before configuring it by the previously mentioned way, but the printer is now visible also in http://localhost:631/printers/ in the client.