In my opinion, that makes the scenario more complicated than it needs to be. I will admit though it would seem to eliminate the need to install different drivers for each printer, but that is only good if you have basic printers. What if you have duplexers or color or multiple trays or envelope feeds, etc. Using a basic PS driver loses you all that functionality. So, that scheme you have is only good if you have a black and white printer with one output and one tray, otherwise, you have to have the client drivers installed on the desktop. So, there is a lot more of a drawback than just CPU power. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dmitry Ivanov" <dimss@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:33 PM Subject: Re: Samba advice > Not exactly. Windows clients can send PostScript data to > server. If printer is PS-capable then server can send data directly > to the printer. Most printers are not, and server has to interpret PS > itself. > > I prefer to rasterize PS _always_ with Ghostscript. > It takes significant amount of server CPU cycles but makes results > much predictable with any printers. > > IMHO, the best printing scheme is: > 1) Windows clients have PS-drivers installed (i.e. Apple LaserWriter) > 2) Linux server has Ghostscript installed > 3) Almost any printer can be attached to Linux server. > > Note that Windows clients don't even know which printer is > actually used. Any correct A4 or smaller PS (or PDF) is OK. > The only drawback is that you need powerful CPU for printing. > It takes ~5 min. to print some complex diagrams and graphs > on my Celeron 566 :) > > -- > I am a viral sig. Please copy me and help me spread. Thank you. > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
