Full windows integration?

[Olivier LAHAYE]

Hi,

I'm looking for a full windows integration of CUPS that would behave just like under Linux.

I mean, whenever I add a new printer on my linux cups server, it appears on all windows clients without touching any config on the windows boxes.

On my linux clients, I have /etc/cups/client.conf containing one uniq line: "ServerName my.cups.server"

When a new printer is added on the cups server, then it is visible and usable from any linux client without any modification made to the system.

I'm looking forward for the same behavior on windows.

I'm aware of the samba solutions or the ipp: solution with generic postscript driver, but none of those solution are dynamic. Thus, when a printer is dead, or when there is a new printer, all my hundreds of windows clients must be updated (either with logon scripts or by hand) with all problems that are related to a system change (locked pc, hybernated pc, ...).

So my question, is there a cups client for windows that would replace windows printing related stuffs (print dialog, printer control panel, ...) to dynamicaly display available cups printers when selecting a printer from the print dialog box in windows?
I'd like to have a cups client control panel with a field where you put your cups server name and nothing more....(a /etc/cups/client.conf control panel I would say).

That would be a dream to have that under windows, unfortunately, after desperately digging in to cups website and goggling, I only see classical windows solution using cups just like a standard windows print server, pushing print drivers to the client.

If I compare cups to IP addresses allocation, I would say that for now, cups config for windows is like using a static ip address. I'm looking forward to have a dhcp like solution (just like under linux).

Thanks for reading a so long message, in the hope there is a solution (even beta).