Difference between LPR and remote IPP job

[Helge Blischke]

Carlos Rodrigues wrote:
>>On 2008 Oct 15, at 19:43, Carlos Rodrigues wrote:
>>
>>>I'm having a problem with windows clients printing to a shared
>>>printer on my Mac, which is totally baffling me, so I have a (not
>>>so) simple question...
>>>
>>>What's the difference between a job submitted by lpr and a job
>>>submitted remotely over IPP by a windows client?
>>
>>IPP allows the print client to retrieve the PPD file and use it to
>>format the print job; lpd doesn't, so the server has to assume
>>defaults and/or guess.
> 
> 
> Isn't that the case only for remote clients? Doesn't the local lpr/lp command on the server submits its jobs to the local cups by IPP?
> 

Depending on the CUPS version running on the Mac, the
Windows supplied settings (like page size etc.) will be
overwritten by the PPD defaults on the Mac.

Try to configure the print jobs from your Win box as raw
jobs.

Helge

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