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GSCUPS is in
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Chad Hardin |
Subject: |
GSCUPS is in |
Date: |
Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:22:06 -1000 |
I added GSCUPS to cvs. However, I want everyone to know that this does
not mean you can start printing to your OS X computer's printers. At
least, not without some kind of zeroconf installed on your box. I
installed tmdns, which is available at sourceforge, and it seems to be
working so far as a good zerconf solution for linux machines.
Why do you need zerconf? The reason is because GSCUPS actually
downloads the PPD from the computer serving the printer, it does not
store them locally. Since OS X uses zeroconf and its cups server
broadcasts the host name using the zerconf hostname (ie: iMac.local),
you need zerconf to resolve the hostname.
OTOH, you can also hook in printers directly into your box and
configure cups yourself as a local printer. I'd like to hear how that
works out too.
So, try it out, send in bug reports!
Chad
- GSCUPS is in,
Chad Hardin <=