I'm converting my NT 4.0 Print Servers to Samba Print Servers. Which printing system should I be using? LPR, LPRng or CUPS. I would love to have some feedback on the advantages and disadvantages or what the Samba Team recommends as a standard for working wih Samba. In case you need it, my system is SuSE 7 kernel 2.2.16 running under VM on s/390. Thanks, Josh Konkol, CNE MCSE Senior Network Analyst GuideOne Insurance Mail Stop AB-1 515-267-2427 jkonkol@guidemail.com .~. /V\ /( )\ ^^-^^
In our opion: use LPRng. We like cups, but we have had several time consuming problems with cups. We also don't use the "old" BSD lpr/lpd services. We choose the combination LPRng and raw tcpip on port 9100 (jetdirect). This gives bidirectional communication between printer and server. Very useful, good debugging information. Met vriendelijke groet/Regards, Prompt R.J. Baart Marktveldpassage 35c 5261 ED Vught Netherlands Mailto:R.J.Baart@Prompt.NL Http://WWW.Prompt.NL Tel.: +31 73 6567041 Fax.: +31 73 6573513
Ruud, What do your printcap and smb.conf entries look like? Jim> -----Original Message----- > From: Ruud Baart [mailto:R.J.Baart@Prompt.nl] > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:15 AM > To: samba@lists.samba.org > Cc: Konkol, Josh; b.van.lent@prompt.nl > Subject: Re: [Samba] LPR or LPRng or CUPS > > > In our opion: use LPRng. We like cups, but we have had several time > consuming problems with cups. We also don't use the "old" BSD > lpr/lpd services. > > We choose the combination LPRng and raw tcpip on port 9100 > (jetdirect). This gives bidirectional communication between > printer and > server. Very useful, good debugging information. > > Met vriendelijke groet/Regards, > Prompt > R.J. Baart > > Marktveldpassage 35c > 5261 ED Vught > Netherlands > Mailto:R.J.Baart@Prompt.NL > Http://WWW.Prompt.NL > Tel.: +31 73 6567041 > Fax.: +31 73 6573513 > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >