[Linux] Journal.

I setup polling for cups on my laptop to browse available printers on the network I was connected to. So at work I get office printers and at home I get home printer.

First we need to setup cup server at home to allow browsing:

Port 631
...
BrowseAllow 192.168.10.*
...
<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 192.168.10.*
</Location>

Then on the laptop, add the server name to cups client:

ServerName ibao # home
# ServerName xxx.zurich.ibm.com # work

This should work immediately as cups client. If we want to run a local cups server, then we need to add servers to the cups browse poll list:

Browsing On
...
BrowsePoll xxx.zurich.ibm.com:631 # work
BrowsePoll ibao:631 # home

Restart cups on server and laptop then you should be able to see server printers on the laptop.

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