On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Tom Russo wrote:
Bonjour is apparently a client that allows OSX and Losedows
machines to use
CUPS servers on the linux box without needing Samba to fake out
Microsoft
Networking. We already have one OSX box in the house that talks to
the
CUPS server on my machine so that all the printers are on one
server. I
didn't know that the component of OSX that allowed that was called
"bonjour" --
I just thought it was a CUPS client.
OS X does use CUPS as a print server. Bonjour apparently is used to
discover a number of network services, not just printers. Per the
help file:
Bonjour (formerly known as "Rendezvous") is an Apple protocol for
discovering file, print, chat, music sharing, and other services on
IP networks.
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