remote.cache and polling

[Michael Sweet]

angelb wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> When a client's cupsd is refreshed, it writes printers information to remote.cache.
> 
> The remote.cache file contains printer informations as shown:
> ...
> If this information is received/written by cupsd, when does the client
> ever need the Info, MakeModel, and Location fields?
> ...

You might use it to limit the list of printers to those in a
particular location.  On Mac OS X, the name shown in the print
dialog is the Info string, and MakeModel is often used to show
the driver in use...

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