CUPS question

Linda haniganwork at earthlink.net
Fri Mar 27 12:40:48 UTC 2015


On 03/27/2015 05:24 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but I don't know enough about
> CUPS to know. I have a utopic machine that acts as a file and print
> server, and I need to set up a print client. The problem is that my
> printer requires a binary-only driver that I can't run on the client.
>
> Is there any way to set up CUPS with the driver only on the server, or
> does the client also always need that driver?
>
> I'm guessing that the client also needs it, but I would be very glad to
> be wrong. :)
>
> Petter
>
>
>

You could try having the client send it as a raw file I used 
to do that from the command line for a printer and see if 
the server takes care of processing it.  Sorry it has been a 
while so you will have to look up how to do it.  I think the 
CUPS manual is on line.
                               Linda
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