[cups] Is client.conf really deprecated on all platforms?

Andreas Radke a.radke at arcor.de
Sun Nov 1 02:28:08 PST 2015


Am Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:01:15 -0400
schrieb Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com>:

> 
> The local cupsd can coordinate with the OS to keep the system (and
> network stack) up long enough to send the job remotely.  The local
> cupsd can also handle conversions of application supplied print data
> into a printable form.  And the application won't block for as long -
> local domain sockets are several orders of magnitude faster than
> network sockets.

From what I know all major Linux distribution ship separate cups client
packages using a client.conf file and do not rely on a running local
cupsd server. Should this be changed?

-Andy
Arch Linux


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