[Samba] Advantages to using CUPS printing on a PDC

Miguel Medalha miguelmedalha at sapo.pt
Fri Oct 28 03:45:45 MDT 2011


> I'd like to know the advantages out there in the field, using CUPS to print
> from the PDC. To me it sounds like just adding another single point of
> failure in the network, perhaps I am being blinded by windows printing
> issues to see the advantage in running all the prints via a PDC box?

Centralized management of printers? Print job accounting? Network 
printing to printers without a network interface?
These examples can be important in some environments.



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