casper an CUPS

kyoung
Contributor

Has anyone set up a CUPS print server and have you been able to use Casper to add printers to user accounts while doing so? Thanks.

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mbuckner
Contributor

We have a CUPS print server running on linux. Setting up printers becomes a two-step process.
1. Install the printer on the cups server. The biggest problem we have here is with drivers.
2. Install the printer on the Mac. We set the printer up as an ip printer. For the address, use the ip or fqdn of the CUPS server. For the queue, it's normally something like printers/PRINTER_NAME (PRINTER_NAME being the printer's name on the CUPS server). Make sure you are using the same driver on the Mac that you are using on CUPS. We have the best luck using generic drivers. If the drivers don't match, things won't print. (This was easier on 10.6.8 and under - install the drivers on the Mac and set the CUPS server to print RAW.)

Once this is done, verify that you can print. Now capture the printer from the Mac using Casper Admin.

I hope that helps.
Mark