I have PaperCut NG running on my Apple Mac OS X Server (or a Linux server running CUPS). I have a few Windows clients on my network. Can I support these Windows clients?
Jan 08, 2020. Oct 03, 2019. The similarly named PaperCut NG/MF secondary server A PaperCut secondary server is a system that directly hosts a printer, that is, a print server with a Print Provider installed. A secondary server can be a server style system hosting many printers, a desktop style system hosting printer(s) also shared to other network users, or a desktop.
Yes. It is possible to support the Windows client using three methods:
Method 1) If you have a large number of Windows clients, it may make sense to setup a Windows based Secondary Print Server. This system would host a set of Windows hosted print queues (these can of course be queues mapping to the same set of physical printers) and in turn report usage back to the main Mac Server (primary server). This way you can support the Windows system via ânativeâ queues and hence take advantage of features like auto driver deployment. To support this setup you would:
1. Install the printers on a Windows system.
2. Share the printers.
3. Add a printer on other Windows systems mapping to
printer_hostprinter .
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4. Download the Windows version of PaperCut NG and install the Secondary Server component on the system hosting the printers. Follow the directions outlined in Chapter 12.
Method 2) Windows XP and higher systems support IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing and hence can print directly to a Mac CUPS based print queue. To configure a Windows system to print to a Mac print queue:
1. Select
Add a printer from Control Panel â Printers
2. Select A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer
3. Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network:. This will enable IPP.
4. Enter the printerâs URL. This will be in the form:
http://<server-ip>:631/printers/<printer-name>
where
<server-ip> is the name or IP address of the server and <printer-name> is the name of the print queue.
5. Select and install the printerâs driver as appropriate.
Note: You may need to enable Printing Sharing on the mac server. This should be enabled by default on Server, however printers hosted on a Mac workstation may need Printer Sharing enabled via System Preferences â Sharing.
Note: We recommend IPP over Samba as a number of our users have reported issues with Macâs Samba implementation. IPP seems to be much more reliable and easier to set up.
Method 3) If you have a single Windows system, or a small number, it may be simpler to configure the Windows system(s) to print directly to the printer. Monitoring can then be done by installing the Print Provider component on the Windows system. The Print Provider monitors the local print queues and forwards details on to the Mac primary server. In affect, the drivers are treated as Host Only drivers - that is, drivers that donât print via a server.
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Plan and prepare for your installation
Before you install Mobility Print, follow these steps:
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