Getting avahi to automatically publish CUPS printers
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I know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have. But I would like to have them published automatically.
But from what I've read, it is also possible to get CUPS to inform avahi about its printers. (both cups and avahi are compiled with dbus support.)
The printers do not show up (despite marking CUPS to Share printers connected to this system). Any recommendations about how to configure either CUPS or Avahi or about how to debug this?
FWIW, I already have BrowseLocalProtocols all in cupsd.conf.
CUPS version is 1.5.4, and avahi is 0.6.31.
cups avahi
asked Mar 15 '13 at 16:07
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I know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have. But I would like to have them published automatically.
But from what I've read, it is also possible to get CUPS to inform avahi about its printers. (both cups and avahi are compiled with dbus support.)
The printers do not show up (despite marking CUPS to Share printers connected to this system). Any recommendations about how to configure either CUPS or Avahi or about how to debug this?
FWIW, I already have BrowseLocalProtocols all in cupsd.conf.
CUPS version is 1.5.4, and avahi is 0.6.31.
cups avahi
asked Mar 15 '13 at 16:07
Francisco
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I know the mentioned script, but as i understand jcups is using avahi to find any published printers on the net but not to automatically publish it over avahi. But I'm searching for that feature too. If you have any news (cough) I would appreciate it
– JackGrinningCat
Jul 13 at 16:18
Should be working with nowadays' CUPS versions.... (we are now five-an-a-half years in the future :-) )
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 9 at 13:10
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up vote
4
down vote
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I know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have. But I would like to have them published automatically.
But from what I've read, it is also possible to get CUPS to inform avahi about its printers. (both cups and avahi are compiled with dbus support.)
The printers do not show up (despite marking CUPS to Share printers connected to this system). Any recommendations about how to configure either CUPS or Avahi or about how to debug this?
FWIW, I already have BrowseLocalProtocols all in cupsd.conf.
CUPS version is 1.5.4, and avahi is 0.6.31.
cups avahi
asked Mar 15 '13 at 16:07
Francisco
1,100815
I know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have. But I would like to have them published automatically.
But from what I've read, it is also possible to get CUPS to inform avahi about its printers. (both cups and avahi are compiled with dbus support.)
The printers do not show up (despite marking CUPS to Share printers connected to this system). Any recommendations about how to configure either CUPS or Avahi or about how to debug this?
FWIW, I already have BrowseLocalProtocols all in cupsd.conf.
CUPS version is 1.5.4, and avahi is 0.6.31.
cups avahi
cups avahi
asked Mar 15 '13 at 16:07
Francisco
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asked Mar 15 '13 at 16:07
Francisco
1,100815
asked Mar 15 '13 at 16:07
Francisco
1,100815
asked Mar 15 '13 at 16:07
Francisco
1,100815
1,100815
I know the mentioned script, but as i understand jcups is using avahi to find any published printers on the net but not to automatically publish it over avahi. But I'm searching for that feature too. If you have any news (cough) I would appreciate it
– JackGrinningCat
Jul 13 at 16:18
Should be working with nowadays' CUPS versions.... (we are now five-an-a-half years in the future :-) )
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 9 at 13:10
add a comment |
I know the mentioned script, but as i understand jcups is using avahi to find any published printers on the net but not to automatically publish it over avahi. But I'm searching for that feature too. If you have any news (cough) I would appreciate it
– JackGrinningCat
Jul 13 at 16:18
Should be working with nowadays' CUPS versions.... (we are now five-an-a-half years in the future :-) )
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 9 at 13:10
I know the mentioned script, but as i understand jcups is using avahi to find any published printers on the net but not to automatically publish it over avahi. But I'm searching for that feature too. If you have any news (cough) I would appreciate it
– JackGrinningCat
Jul 13 at 16:18
I know the mentioned script, but as i understand jcups is using avahi to find any published printers on the net but not to automatically publish it over avahi. But I'm searching for that feature too. If you have any news (cough) I would appreciate it
– JackGrinningCat
Jul 13 at 16:18
Should be working with nowadays' CUPS versions.... (we are now five-an-a-half years in the future :-) )
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 9 at 13:10
Should be working with nowadays' CUPS versions.... (we are now five-an-a-half years in the future :-) )
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 9 at 13:10
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you can use this script (thanks to Timothy J Fontaine) to generate the service-files via cron and move them to /etc/avahi/services/ like
./airprint-generate.py -d /etc/avahi/services
/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart
answered Aug 18 '13 at 20:38
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Sorry, but this is what I meant withI know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have., what I would like to have is for CUPS to just inform Avahi of its (current) printers without having to resort to a script to create the necessary files. So when using Fontaine's script, if a CUPS printer is created/deleted/renamed, I need to modify Avahi service files to reflect that (instead of having CUPS and Avahi figuring it out themselves).
– Francisco
Aug 28 '13 at 8:48
Can you check whether Avahi option had been switched ON during build time for your case? Because apparently it is off bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188751
– silpol
Dec 15 '14 at 18:04
I have the same problem on my Gentoo, and cups is certainly built with Avahi support.
– L29Ah
Aug 10 at 23:42
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you can use this script (thanks to Timothy J Fontaine) to generate the service-files via cron and move them to /etc/avahi/services/ like
./airprint-generate.py -d /etc/avahi/services
/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart
answered Aug 18 '13 at 20:38
Stephan
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Sorry, but this is what I meant withI know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have., what I would like to have is for CUPS to just inform Avahi of its (current) printers without having to resort to a script to create the necessary files. So when using Fontaine's script, if a CUPS printer is created/deleted/renamed, I need to modify Avahi service files to reflect that (instead of having CUPS and Avahi figuring it out themselves).
– Francisco
Aug 28 '13 at 8:48
Can you check whether Avahi option had been switched ON during build time for your case? Because apparently it is off bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188751
– silpol
Dec 15 '14 at 18:04
I have the same problem on my Gentoo, and cups is certainly built with Avahi support.
– L29Ah
Aug 10 at 23:42
add a comment |
up vote
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you can use this script (thanks to Timothy J Fontaine) to generate the service-files via cron and move them to /etc/avahi/services/ like
./airprint-generate.py -d /etc/avahi/services
/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart
answered Aug 18 '13 at 20:38
Stephan
1012
1
Sorry, but this is what I meant withI know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have., what I would like to have is for CUPS to just inform Avahi of its (current) printers without having to resort to a script to create the necessary files. So when using Fontaine's script, if a CUPS printer is created/deleted/renamed, I need to modify Avahi service files to reflect that (instead of having CUPS and Avahi figuring it out themselves).
– Francisco
Aug 28 '13 at 8:48
Can you check whether Avahi option had been switched ON during build time for your case? Because apparently it is off bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188751
– silpol
Dec 15 '14 at 18:04
I have the same problem on my Gentoo, and cups is certainly built with Avahi support.
– L29Ah
Aug 10 at 23:42
add a comment |
up vote
0
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up vote
0
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you can use this script (thanks to Timothy J Fontaine) to generate the service-files via cron and move them to /etc/avahi/services/ like
./airprint-generate.py -d /etc/avahi/services
/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart
answered Aug 18 '13 at 20:38
Stephan
1012
you can use this script (thanks to Timothy J Fontaine) to generate the service-files via cron and move them to /etc/avahi/services/ like
./airprint-generate.py -d /etc/avahi/services
/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart
answered Aug 18 '13 at 20:38
Stephan
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answered Aug 18 '13 at 20:38
Stephan
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Sorry, but this is what I meant withI know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have., what I would like to have is for CUPS to just inform Avahi of its (current) printers without having to resort to a script to create the necessary files. So when using Fontaine's script, if a CUPS printer is created/deleted/renamed, I need to modify Avahi service files to reflect that (instead of having CUPS and Avahi figuring it out themselves).
– Francisco
Aug 28 '13 at 8:48
Can you check whether Avahi option had been switched ON during build time for your case? Because apparently it is off bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188751
– silpol
Dec 15 '14 at 18:04
I have the same problem on my Gentoo, and cups is certainly built with Avahi support.
– L29Ah
Aug 10 at 23:42
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Sorry, but this is what I meant withI know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have., what I would like to have is for CUPS to just inform Avahi of its (current) printers without having to resort to a script to create the necessary files. So when using Fontaine's script, if a CUPS printer is created/deleted/renamed, I need to modify Avahi service files to reflect that (instead of having CUPS and Avahi figuring it out themselves).
– Francisco
Aug 28 '13 at 8:48
Can you check whether Avahi option had been switched ON during build time for your case? Because apparently it is off bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188751
– silpol
Dec 15 '14 at 18:04
I have the same problem on my Gentoo, and cups is certainly built with Avahi support.
– L29Ah
Aug 10 at 23:42
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1
Sorry, but this is what I meant with
I know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have., what I would like to have is for CUPS to just inform Avahi of its (current) printers without having to resort to a script to create the necessary files. So when using Fontaine's script, if a CUPS printer is created/deleted/renamed, I need to modify Avahi service files to reflect that (instead of having CUPS and Avahi figuring it out themselves).– Francisco
Aug 28 '13 at 8:48
Sorry, but this is what I meant with
I know I can manually add a .service file for each printer I have., what I would like to have is for CUPS to just inform Avahi of its (current) printers without having to resort to a script to create the necessary files. So when using Fontaine's script, if a CUPS printer is created/deleted/renamed, I need to modify Avahi service files to reflect that (instead of having CUPS and Avahi figuring it out themselves).– Francisco
Aug 28 '13 at 8:48
Can you check whether Avahi option had been switched ON during build time for your case? Because apparently it is off bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188751
– silpol
Dec 15 '14 at 18:04
Can you check whether Avahi option had been switched ON during build time for your case? Because apparently it is off bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188751
– silpol
Dec 15 '14 at 18:04
I have the same problem on my Gentoo, and cups is certainly built with Avahi support.
– L29Ah
Aug 10 at 23:42
I have the same problem on my Gentoo, and cups is certainly built with Avahi support.
– L29Ah
Aug 10 at 23:42
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I know the mentioned script, but as i understand jcups is using avahi to find any published printers on the net but not to automatically publish it over avahi. But I'm searching for that feature too. If you have any news (cough) I would appreciate it
– JackGrinningCat
Jul 13 at 16:18
Should be working with nowadays' CUPS versions.... (we are now five-an-a-half years in the future :-) )
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 9 at 13:10