On 05/13/2012 09:48:02 AM, Simon Iremonger (wiltslug) wrote: > > I think running CUPS implies rendering the jobs? > Well, when all the right bits-and-pieces (drivers) are > installed (as they tend to be on ubuntu/derivaties > and easily can be on debian etc...), CUPS itself > supports the printer. > > Then, CUPS, will accept both:- > * 'Raw' print jobs (e.g. from windows client using the > printer installed locally, just dumping the raw > output through CUPS). > * Postscript/PCL and PDF files and the like, I think. > In which case CUPS itself 'renders' the job. > (e.g. adobe generic PS driver, see above).
I find the latter (postscript) simplest because then there's only one place that drivers need installing, on the cups server. Of course this means that the server renders. (It could then deliver to another cups server for the spooling/printing, but again, why?) Karl <[email protected]> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
