On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 08:21 -0900, Jef Spaleta wrote:
Back to the use case of a primarily single user laptop touching
multiple networks on a daily basis. For that situation is it expected
that the default print server will still be the laptop's own cup
server for networked printers?
Networked printers that communicate using IPP, and which can accept PDF
natively, could be used directly from the user session without needing a
CUPS server, either running locally or on the network. In practice I'm
not sure how many jobs IPP printers are generally able to queue -- it
may only be 1. In a busy office it might be preferable to have a print
server machine running CUPS, and have clients use that instead of
sending jobs directly to the printers; that way jobs will get spooled.
There would still need to be a locally running CUPS server if any other
communication protocol is used (LPD, JetDirect, SMB/CIFS etc), or if the
printer does not accept PDF. For one thing, those protocols don't allow
us to detect whether PDF is accepted or not.
Tim.
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