On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 08:47:34PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 15 Aug 2019 at 21:05:10 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 07:41:06PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > > I wouldn't try to dissuade anyone from using last century's > > > technology > > > if they have their heart set on it [...] > > > > C'mon. You /know/ you're talking nonsense. Old is old, and new is > > new. > > Beyond that... > > > > BTW I still use TeX, so... 1980s. Works a charm, too. > > The technology I am referring to (as I think you very well know) is > the printing system. No more, no less.
Which is last century by itself. > Nowadays that system often relies on printer/print queue Bonjour > broadcasts. And that is called "jumping to conclusions". Printing itself haven't changed a bit for last 15 years - a print server takes user's PS or PDF, mangles it to fit printer's representation (be it PCL or something else), and feeds it to the printer. By utilizing unicasts of course. A user can discover a print server via mDNS multicasts (*not* broadcasts). Or a user can be told a location of such print server. avahi is useful for discovery of CUPS, and that's about it. > dbus "...is redundant for typical server software" appears to deserve > some explanation. > > > Use what works for you, whether old or new doesn't matter > > "old" doesn't work for modern printing systems. Of course it does. Reco
