Re: cups printer problems with osx clients

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:42:20 -0400, Guy Gold wrote:

> On Fri,Aug 10 02:35:PM, Camaleón wrote:
> 
>> Anyway, being a MacOS client, you should be able to use IPP and thus
>> avoiding messing up with another client/server protocols that may
>> require setting up the correct credentials for accessing the printing
>> resources (e.g., samba).
> 
> It is a good solution if a narrow list of options is needed from the
> printer. In my environment , if I use the 'narrow' direct IP printing,
> then, I'm not able to use the duplexer, and some other options that are
> offered by the printer- if I'm using the Samba share to add the printer
> I can use the full set of features (just like a Windows machine would)

The options are provided by the driver in use, it's independent of the 
connection method. Check if the drivers for the printer instances are all 
the same and also check for their settings.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón