[cups] Linux->(Linux, Windows) printer sharing with drivers on the server

[Ivan Shapovalov]

On 2016-05-19 at 14:31 +0200, Johannes Meixner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On May 19 14:38 Ivan Shapovalov wrote (excerpt):
> >>> 2. the client defaults to "US Letter" paper size,
> >>>    while we use A4, and I want this setting to
> >>>    propagate from server to clients.
> >>
> >> Set this on the server.
> >
> > It does not propagate, the printer created on the
> > client as a result of automatic discovery
> > gets "US Letter" size by default.
> 
> In general for "having fun" with default settings see
> in particular "Different default paper size settings" at
> https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Print_Settings_with_CUPS
> 
> Again:
> I don't know how things work on Windows clients
> (because I don't use Windows).
> 
> Perhaps a SMB printer share might not have something
> like a default paper size value so that one cannot
> propagate a default paper size setting via SMB
> printer shares to Windows clients?

This was said in context of Linux->Linux sharing. Printers discovered
via automatic cupsd's discovery (dns-sd) do not inherit paper size,
but inherit the make/model and consequently the driver.

The question (wrt. Linux->Linux) boils down to:
- how to override advertised make/model of shared printer?
- how to set advertised default paper size of shared printer (if it is
at all possible)?

Thanks,
-- 
Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx /