Michael da Silva Pereira
2011-Oct-28 05:15 UTC
[Samba] Advantages to using CUPS printing on a PDC
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
The only advantage I have found ist o set up a central pdf-printer with cups. So all pdfs are created in the users /home/pdf. For all other stuff you will be better with a network printer. ----------------------------------------------- EDV Daniel M?ller Leitung EDV Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus Paul-Lechler-Str. 24 72076 T?bingen Tel.: 07071/206-463, Fax: 07071/206-499 eMail: mueller at tropenklinik.de Internet: www.tropenklinik.de ----------------------------------------------- -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Im Auftrag von Michael da Silva Pereira Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Oktober 2011 07:15 An: samba at lists.samba.org Betreff: [Samba] Advantages to using CUPS printing on a PDC 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
> 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?Centralized management of printers? Print job accounting? Network printing to printers without a network interface? These examples can be important in some environments.
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 PereiraI 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 Jos?