Beartooth wrote:
Well, for instance, consider "location." I pulled the USB cable
out of the KVM switch and stuck it into my #1 machine. So, if I'm reading
between the lines correctly, the same old printer is now "local" to #1,
and "remote" to #2 - 4. OK?
Yes, but if I remember correctly, the location is the "human" where
the printer is located, or anything else. For the location of one
printer, I have "Printer in Mike's workshop."
Then I go to one of the machines other than #1, and either of
those apps (the system-config one OR the web interface) wants me to tell
it where the remote printer is, naturally enough. But it gives me no
hint, nor any example -- is its location the local IP number of machine
#1, or a URI (whatever that is), or what?
You should not need this with either method - at lease when I go to
add a printer in system-config-printers, it first searches for new
printers, and should find the new network printer. (I prefer the WEB
interface, but both should be working.)
So I stumble around a while, by trial and error. Here again, the
web interface, being more graphic, gains an advantage -- it's quicker,
easier, and surer for me to recognize "Yes, that's the display that
seemed to work on the last machine" than it is to do the same the other
way.
Another advantage, if you have CUPS set to allow administration from
a machine on the network, is to open a web browser from that
machine, and have CUPS on the other machines open - each in their
own tab. I also find the help in the web based version easier to
use. Then again, one thing about Linux is choice - you can chose the
method that works best FOR YOU.
Mikkel
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