Sharing a printer via IPP?

[tirant]

>
> Hello,
>
> On Aug 1 05:44 tirant wrote (excerpt):
> > I have a USB printer connected to a standard Linux server.
> > I would like to share that printer to a network just with
> > the IPP protocol. Do I need to install drivers for the
> > printer in my Linux server, or would it be enough to install
> > the drivers on the clients (Windows)? Is there any
> > requirements for the printer?
>
> If you like to use the printer device from applications that run
> on the Linux server, you need to have a print queue with full
> print job processing on the Linux server (that runs printer
> driver software if it is not a PostScript printer)
> so that it generates printer-specific data for the device.
>
> If you like to use the printer device only from applications that
> run on Windows clients, it is sufficient to have only a so called
> "raw" queue on the the Linux server and install the printer driver
> on the Windows clients so that the Windows clients make the
> printer-specific data and the "raw" queue on the the Linux server
> only forwards it to the printer device.
>
> There exist printer devices that require bidirectional communication
> between printer driver and printer device while printing. Such weak
> printers cannot work when the printer driver runs on one host
> (e.g. on the Windows client) and the other host to which the
> printer device is connected (e.g. the Linux server) only forwards
> data to the printer device.
>
> Have a look at
> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printing_from_Windows_to_Linux
>
>
> Kind Regards
> Johannes Meixner
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>

Thanks Johanness,

Your answer was very informative.