qwertyiop wrote: » I need create a linux printserver using CUPS and was wondering what you guys have used or atleast heard of. Right now im playing around with Zentyal and have been having trouble installing the drivers.
it_consultant wrote: » Half the time I can't find good Windows drivers for MS print servers, I can't imagine doing it in Linux.
MentholMoose wrote: » CUPS is included with every Linux distribution so I suggest using a more common distribution that is maintained well. A lot of printer drivers are included with CUPS or CUPS-related packages in official and unofficial package repositories of common distributions. For example, with Fedora, install gutenprint and gutenprint-cups (Canon, Epson, HP, and more), foomatic and foomatic-db (various), foo2hp (HP), foo2qpdl (Samsung), hpijs (HP), and foo2slx (Lexmark), and a very large number of printers (many thousands) will be supported. With Linux installing something not included in a package repository should be treated as a last resort. This is especially true for any type of driver. You should install all the drivers available in the repositories before trying to figure out how to download and install a driver from a manufacturer web site. Keep in mind that not only is CUPS used in Linux, it's also used in OSX, and Apple own CUPS. So printer manufacturers support and contribute printer drivers to CUPS, and it therefore supports a lot of printers on any platform it runs on. I'm not going to claim that the situation is better than Windows, but I don't think it's as bad as you think.
tiersten wrote: » This is why I only buy printers with good support that only do printing so thats generally something like a HP Laserjet. No MFDs.
snokerpoker wrote: » I know what ya mean here. I can't stand supporting all the multifunction printers. My boss finally has started to phase them out.
demonfurbie wrote: » Ubuntu makes a great cups server
it_consultant wrote: » I have the worst luck with the huge Canons, I fought with Vista and a Canon IR 3225 for longer than I would care to admit.
qwertyiop wrote: » FYI Zentyal is based on Ubuntu 10.04
