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6 cups-browsed.conf - server configuration file for cups-browsed
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9 The cups-browsed.conf file configures the cups-browsed daemon. It is
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15 The BrowseAllow directive specifies a system or network to accept CUPS
16 browse packets from. The default is to accept browse packets from all
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19 BrowseAllow 192.168.7.20
20 BrowseAllow 192.168.7.0/24
21 BrowseAllow 192.168.7.0/255.255.255.0
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24 The BrowsePoll directive polls a server for available printers once
25 every 60 seconds. Multiple BrowsePoll directives can be specified to
26 poll multiple servers. The default port to connect to is 631. Browse‐
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30 BrowsePoll 192.168.7.20
31 BrowsePoll 192.168.7.65:631
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35 The BrowseLocalProtocols directive specifies the protocols to use when
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40 BrowseLocalProtocols none
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44 The BrowseRemoteProtocols directive specifies the protocols to use when
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50 BrowseRemoteProtocols CUPS dnssd
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54 The BrowseProtocols directive specifies the protocols to use when find‐
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73 The authors of cups-browsed are listed in /usr/share/doc/cups-fil‐
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76 This manual page was written for the Debian Project, but it may be used
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