On 10/28/2011 12:15 AM, Michael da Silva Pereira wrote:
Hi,
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?
How out there has implemented it and has it helped?
Kind Regards,
Michael da Silva Pereira
I see no advantage to use the PDC as print server, but I guess there are
many ways to get the same results and it depends on the size/needs of
your place.
We have a couple of BDCs in every VLAN, one of them serves as a CUPS
print server to samba on the VLAN and every user in the VLAN has it's
printers configured. That way, the PDC serves a single purpose (it's
also our master DNS btw) and it's easy to back-up and restore while
users can keep working/printing in case something happens to it,
although in 4 years it has never failed.
Depending on the print volume and burst-rate, you may even do without a
samba print server, for a small setup, an HP/netgear printserver may
work. In our case, largish queue handling and print Classes (for added
redundancy) offer a better advantage over 'hardware' printservers.
Greetings
José
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