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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