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The policy chosen by Blue Light is to create a specific user in the system for that task: printadmin.

This documentation follows https://jira.bluelightav.org/browse/BLUE-2257 , and there's a request for automating the task: https://redmine.bluelightav.org/issues/2340 .

Requirements

The printer administrators need to have network access to the server (in Blue Light: using OpenVPN).

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Set the password as set in BLKPDB.

Add it in the group:

adduser printadmin lpadmin

Configuration of Cups

Allow cups http interface from other computers

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Remove all lines matching Allow @LOCAL in other <Location> sections of that file, if any.

Make sure that the server is accessible from anywhere. Eventually (Jessie?), replace Listen localhost:631 by:

Listen *:631

Connection

Point a web browser to: https://server.name:631

The default settings allow viewing the printers and queues, but not any modification.

The cups web sites prompts for user name  (printadmin) and password when required.

Administration of printers

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