hi folks,
One of my printers is an older HP LaserJet 4L attached via epp port to one of my Suse e-boxes. This printer is shared on the network.
Several of us print to this printer across the network using CUPS. The other client machines are also Suse e-boxes, 10.0. All of this printing works fine... here is the question:
Does every machine *need* to define the printer driver, or just the host machine where the printer is physically attached? And the second related question is this... (for the moment all machines are defining the print driver) which driver actually formats the text for the printer... the driver on the client machine CUPS server, or the driver on the host machine CUPS server?
I am wondering if I should call the HP LJ4L a "raw" printer on the client machine and only have the driver configured on the host machine where the printer physically is attached.
Thanks.
Ps... The good news is that since I have been using CUPS on Suse I have not had to struggle with my printers... they just work... but, I would like to understand a little better *how* they are working.
Pss... remeber the good 'ol days of lpr?
On 2006-11-28 23:58, M Harris wrote:
I am wondering if I should call the HP LJ4L a "raw" printer on the client machine and only have the driver configured on the host machine where the printer physically is attached.
By "driver" do you mean the .ppd definition file? One is created for every printer you define, be it local or remote. AFAICT, the only difference between a local printer and a remote IPP-accessed printer is in the URI (written into /etc/cups/printers.conf), though the detail that goes into a .ppd file makes it difficult to be certain. Every remote printer *does* seem to use "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip" as a filter, though I certainly didn't try to make any exhaustive tests.
Pss... remeber the good 'ol days of lpr?
Yes. Ewww :-)
Hello,
On Nov 28 23:58 M Harris wrote (shortened):
HP LaserJet 4L attached via epp port to one of my Suse e-boxes. This printer is shared on the network.
See my answer on the cups@easysw.com mailing list: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Nov 29 01:24 Mark Harris wrote (shortened):
HP LaserJet 4L hung off an epp port on a Suse 10 linux box and shared on the network
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I want to know which machine actually formats the output for the pritner
See for example http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell and for more details see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Using_Your_Own_Filters_to_Print_with_CUPS ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Kind Regards Johannes Meixner
At 11:58 PM 11/28/2006 -0600, M Harris wrote:
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hi folks,
One of my printers is an older HP LaserJet 4L attached via epp port to
one of
my Suse e-boxes. This printer is shared on the network.
/snip/
Ps... The good news is that since I have been using CUPS on Suse I have
not
had to struggle with my printers... they just work... but, I would like to understand a little better *how* they are working.
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I'm pretty sure it works because it understands Postscript, and it has its own firmware, it's not a Winprinter. --doug
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Pss... remeber the good 'ol days of lpr?
-- Kind regards,
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On Tuesday 28 November 2006 23:58, M Harris wrote:
I am wondering...
Resolved.
... thank you very much ... all of your responses were very helpful... now I've at least got a clue on this stuff...
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