[Samba] CUPS vs lprng

[tcg]

On Thursday 06 November 2003 15:55, Douglas Phillipson wrote:
> Could I get some opinions on which type of Samba based printing is
> easier, CUPS or LPRNG, or just bybass Samba altogether.

Once you understand any of the systems none are all that difficult. With Samba 
in the loop as a PDC it's like having an NT domain controller where the 
printer drivers can be automatically downloaded eliminating running around to 
every system to install/update the drivers manually.

CUPS is the "new, modern" UNIX printing subsystem. LPRNG will work just fine 
as well. If you don't know either than CUPS should probably garner your 
attention first.

> Should I just stay away from samba printing
> and go direct to Network printers?

If your network printers have disk drives and can spool jobs you can do that, 
otherwise you may run into some contention issues.

> What are the advantages of a samba
> print server as opposed to installing printer drivers on the client and
> printing to a network printer?

Auto driver download is probably the most beneficial for keeping Samba in the 
loop. If this isn't important for you you can bypass Samba and print directly 
to LPRNG or CUPS (as opposed to directly printing to a non-spooling network 
printer) acting as the print server (a "real" one - that spools and 
schedules). CUPS offeres the most flexibility as you can print via IPP, with 
LPRNG you'll probably be limited to LPR.
-- 
Chris

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