Norm Jacobs wrote: > "new network printer" means a physical printer that you communicate with > over the network, but still need local queuing and filtering support. > The queue that gets created on the local system can be used by others to > print to the device, assuming that the rfc1179 and/or ipp-listener > services are running. At that point, other machines can "Add access to > printer"and point to the system that you created a queue on.
"physical printer", as opposed to "virtual printer"? Yes, it's an actual printing device that uses paper and toner. "communicate with over the network" as opposed to (e.g.) "communicate with over USB"? Yes, the communication with the print server that manages the printer will occur over the network. And yes, I want a queue on my local machine (turning my local machine into a print server) so that others can queue print jobs on my machine, including network clients. Those print jobs would then be forwarded to the network print server. "Add access to printer" sounds like something I would do after I had already added the definition of the printer to my system. I'm just saying the terminology is confusing. Hopefully you now see why I was confused.
