OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS<\/p>\n
I decided it was about time to solve a couple issues that seem to constantly come up for me when it comes to using CUPS in linux for printing.<\/p>\n
The first was getting access to the configuration page from a machine other than the console. To do this you have to modify the \/etc\/cups\/cupsd.conf file.<\/p>\n
…
\n# JGZ – 3\/26\/2014 – To listen on the eth0 interface
\nListen 10.10.10.9:631
\n…
\n# Restrict access to the server
\n
\n Order allow,deny
\n# JGZ – 3\/26\/2014 – To allow access to \/
\n Allow all
\n<\/Location><\/p>\n# Restrict access to the admin pages
\n
\n Order allow,deny
\n# JGZ – 3\/26\/2014 – To allow access to \/admin
\n Allow all
\n<\/Location><\/p>\n# Restrict access to configuration files
\n
\n AuthType Default
\n Require user @SYSTEM
\n Order allow,deny
\n# JGZ – 3\/26\/2014 – To allow access to \/admin\/conf
\n Allow all
\n<\/Location>
\n…<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAfter the changes are made to the \/etc\/cups\/cupsd.conf file, you need to restart cups:<\/p>\n
# service cups restart<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The next issue I had is the default size of the font. I frequently print files I create in vi or configuration files or scripts, and the font is too big by default to make the document readable. For this, I added the following to the printers.conf file in \/etc\/cups. <\/p>\n
…
\n# JGZ – 3\/26\/2014 – decrease default font size
\nOption cpi 15.000000
\nOption lpi 9.000000
\n…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI put this un the ErrorPolicy line in between the
<\/em> and <\/Printer><\/em> directives. If you have multiple printers, make sure that myprinter<\/em> is the printer that you want to modify. Obviously, when you look at the printers.conf file, you will find many other options you can modify. In my case, I had to add the missing entries (see man printers.conf). For this change, you do not need to restart cups.<\/p>\n Note: To set the margins while printing a text file, you specify the options in the lp command line:<\/p>\n
lp -d myprinter -o page-top=18 -o page-bottom=18 -o page-left=18 -o page-right=18 mytextfile<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The options are in points (72 points are in an inch). Eighteen points would be a quarter of inch margin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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