Browsing

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Browsing allows you to automatically add (configure) CUPS printers on the network. For example, if you have one CUPS server on your network with 5 printers attached to it, you can make all other CUPS clients aware of those printers, automatically.

This is somewhat similar to the browsing feature used in Microsoft Windows Networks but much simpler and more configureable.

Browsing is disabled by default, edit the following options to activate it:

On the server:

Browsing On	# Enable browsing
BrowseProtocols cups	# Use the cups browsing protocol
BrowseAddress 1.2.3.255	# Send browsing packets to this address(es)
BrowseInterval 60	# Send packets every 60 seconds

On the client:

BrowseAllow 1.2.3.*	# Accept browsing packets from 1.2.3.*
BrowseDeny All	# Deny browsing packets from everybody else
BrowseOrder allow,deny	# First check if allowed, then check if denied