On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> You would be amazed. It depends entirely how the job is processed,
> especially if the printer is not attached directly to the computer you
> are using.
>
> Best chance for a good outcome is using a printer attached directly to
> your computer, with the proper driver for the printer installed. Then
> you will almost certainly get the result you are after.
>
> If you are accessing a network printer by printing directly to it, make
> sure you have the appropriate driver for the printer make/model installed.
>
> If you are accessing a printer using a print server or print service on
> another computer, then things can get squirrely. Your computer may have
> the font needed, but depending on the print driver on your computer,
> that print job may be re-processed on the print server, with the worst
> case being embedded fonts getting dropped, leading to wrong output on
> the printer, for example. (How's that for a nasty run-on sentence?)
>
> Crossing platforms, a Windows desktop sending print jobs to a UNIX print
> server, or a Mac sending a print job to a print attached to a Windows
> computer, can also lead to problems unless everything is handled correctly.
>
> As usual, heterogeneous environments lead to strange edge cases.
OK, so a good reason to keep every box in the house under the same OS, and
specifically, this computer (which is acting as a print server) and the
one in the guest room (which does not have a printer attached directly to
it)....
Julia
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