The Problem is not with CUPS but with the M$ browsing mechanics life is a bitch
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:17 PM Subject: [Cooker] Re: Re: THAT <darned> CUPS BROWSING... > On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 02:41:12PM -0500, Brad Felmey wrote: > > > > No, it's a valid feature for those who choose to structure their network > > printing to use it. > > I would think. > > > By turning on browsing by default, what happens is that every single PC > > using CUPS broadcast advertises on the network all the printers it has > > set up to use. > > OK. I don't see a problem. > > > Every other PC picks up these broadcasts and adds them as > > available printers. > > Oh no. Now that *is* a problem. The only machine that should > broadcast printer availabilty is the machine that owns it. > > > If you're using direct printing (like my company > > does), this means you have each and every machine advertising "Ricoh 551 > > 4th floor", "Optra S 3rd floor QA", and so forth ad infinitum. > > Sounds like a wonderful feedback loop. :-) > > > Then, > > when you go to print something, and choose a printer, and you end up > > with a browse list of literally thousands of entries, even if you have > > much fewer printers than that, because each machine is presenting the > > available printers, which means you have the same ones over and over and > > over in the browse list. > > I see. This sounds like bad design. > > Maybe somebody should give the CUPS folks a heads up about this issue. > > b. > > > -- > Brian J. Murrell >
