[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?

And for Linux->Windows, I did not (yet) try to set it up.

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