[clug] IPP interface into windows printing?

[Michael James]

Users want to be able to print.

Trouble is, there are more printers
 than I want to maintain on a print server.

But all these printers are up on windows print servers
 and CUPS works over Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
So I just need to set 2 environment variables,
	CUPS_SERVER=<IPP_server>
	PRINTER=<print_q_name>
 and I can print with no local configuration required.

Do windows print servers offer their printers over IPP?

Is there a way of getting the printer list
 out of a windows print server?

It's a big ask but it would be good,
michaelj

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