[cups.development] Full windows integration?

[Michael R Sweet]

Sorry, I am not aware of any solution like this. The closest might be login/off scripts to create/remove printers automatically for network users, but that needs to be managed by hand...

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On Oct 25, 2011, at 6:44 AM, Olivier LAHAYE <olivier.lahaye at cea.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've already posted to general list, but it may be more related to development, so I re-post here in the hope I have more success here ;-).
> 
> 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).
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