Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does this let the client have access to all the
> printer-specific options (duplex, paper size, input trays,
> etc.)?
Yes!
It sends down the PPD with all that information, and the user
can change it on a per print-job basis.
What the CUPS driver for Windows with the CUPS-Samba
integration does for you is _match_verbatim_ the PPD
configuration between the CUPS server and _all_ Windows
clients. That's golden!
It also means that _you_ not only set the defaults, but the
printer's _absolute_ configuration, at the at the CUPS
server. Not even a local workstation administrator can
change them. It prevents some "curious power user" from
going in and changing the printer configuration incorrectly,
which then causes a printer to sit there and say "insert
paper into" whatever tray it physically does _not_ have,
especially when it just defaults to the multi-purpose feeder.
You can setup all the trays, types, etc... at the CUPS
server, even designating administrators for that printer,
etc... No more dorking around with things at the Windows
client.
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