While in a discussion with a friend, I found that I was not aware of some of the particulars involved in a certain setup. The following questions assume a non-postscript printer on a linux box shared via samba.
When a print job comes in over smb from a windows client, and that client has the correct printer driver installed, is that file already transformed into what the printer can read? And if so, would the print server need anything beyond cups? (This is assuming that no one is printing directly from the print server itself). Conversely, if the print server was decked out will all the drivers / filters needed (as if to print directly from the server) do any of the clients (be they unix-based, windows, or mac) need print drivers for the specific printer or can they just send postscript and let the server do the conversion? My understanding of exactly what each component does is somewhat shaky even though I've been printing on Linux for years. My understanding of what a Windows or mac print driver does is non-existant. :) -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
