Re: Why CUPS?

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

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Stefan Monnier wrote:
> IIUC the main feature of CUPS is that it lets client applications get
> a description of the printer's features, so they can give you a nice GUI
> widget to let you choose simplex/duplex, draft/quality, photo-paper,
> color/b&w, ...

This does not only apply to client applications, but also to computers
configured as CUPS clients (debian's default): You only set-up and
configure a printer on one server for a whole network. With a default
debian installation, the clients on the network will discover the
printer automatically and 'just work'. I have never used lprng so I
don't know, if it has a similar feature.

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Johannes

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