Our printers are published using Bonjour so adding a printer may "just work". On your Linux computer try adding a printer and if you are presented with a list of printers that's great. If not then please try the instructions below:
Open the command window (terminal) and find the file "./.cups/" in your home directory.
If the directory ".cups" does not exist, please create it using: mkdir ~/.cups.
Open the directory and create the file "client.conf" using the command "nano client.conf".
Insert
ServerName printp.aei.mpg.de into this file.
Chosing a printer as follows.
Open "System Settings" and "Printers". Find your desired printer in the list. If not, you may find it via "Add Printer".
Create a file called "client.conf" in the directory "./.cups/" in your home directory with this
content:
ServerName print.aei.uni-hannover.de.
If the directory ".cups" does not exist, please create the directory : mkdir ~/.cups/ and
then create the file "client.conf" as above.
I get the error code "Unable to locate printer" when I want to print something:
/etc/nsswitch.conf then
add mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] to the host line (it should look like hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns I cannot see other printers (e.g. home printers) that I have configured:
cd ~/.cups/ ; mv client.conf client.conf.old
/etc/cups-browsed.conf and set:
BrowsePoll print.aei.uni-hannover.deBrowsePoll printp.aei.mpg.de