Hello,
I have been asked to configure the Canon LaserBase MF5730 printer in a community center where several people will be accessing it from different computers. Please let me make sure that I understand a few things correctly and ask some follow up questions.
1) If the printer is connected to a router and there is no print server, the drivers must be installed on every computer that will be accessing the printer separately?
2) If there is a print server, the drivers are installed on the print server and other computers are connecting to the print server using a standard driver built in the operating system?
3) Could the print server run Linux? I have much more experience with Linux administration than with Windows. I understand that the CARPS printers were historically considered WinPrinters, but I found a seemingly functional Linux driver here: https://github.com/ondrej-zary/carps-cups. Can I use that for the print server?
Thank you very much!
Petr
I have been asked to configure the Canon LaserBase MF5730 printer in a community center where several people will be accessing it from different computers. Please let me make sure that I understand a few things correctly and ask some follow up questions.
1) If the printer is connected to a router and there is no print server, the drivers must be installed on every computer that will be accessing the printer separately?
2) If there is a print server, the drivers are installed on the print server and other computers are connecting to the print server using a standard driver built in the operating system?
3) Could the print server run Linux? I have much more experience with Linux administration than with Windows. I understand that the CARPS printers were historically considered WinPrinters, but I found a seemingly functional Linux driver here: https://github.com/ondrej-zary/carps-cups. Can I use that for the print server?
Thank you very much!
Petr