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CUPS 1.3.1 options in Leopard

Title: CUPS 1.3.1 options in Leopard
I have been testing some of the new "features" in Leopard, and I cant quite figure out exactly what some of the CUPS options do. If you look at the venerable CUPS 1.3.1 web admin interface (located at 127.0.0:631) you will see a few new settings. Can you explain what these mean exactly?


1) "Show printers shared by other systems" (Enabled by default in Leopard)

I have toggled this on and off (and rebooted) and I don't see any difference in terms of what network printers I can see (i.e.; discover). I have Windows 2003 print servers hosting AD published print queues, a Leopard print server hosting a queue via IPP/Bonjour and several Bonjour-enabled HP printers directly attached to my LAN, and the CUPS check box to "Show printers shared by other systems" Doesn't affect any of these services as far as I can tell. What exactly does it do?



2) “Show published printers connected to this system” (Disabled by default in Leopard)

Im not sure what “published” and “connected” mean in this context:

When CUPS says “published”, does that mean print queues published via AD or OD for example?

When CUPS says “connected” does it mean physically connected (i.e.; USB, etc) or does it mean logically “mapped” to a network printer/queue?




3) “Allow printing from the Internet” (Disabled by default in Leopard)

What does this mean?




4) “Use Kerberos Authentication” (Disabled by default in Leopard, & has minor caveats if you want to enable it – see the CUPS documents for specs, etc)

I assume this means if you want the Mac to be a print SERVER,  right? (i.e.; allow other Mac & PC clients in the same Kerberos realm as the Mac print server to allow SSO. This requires the Mac to have a service ticket for print services, etc) Right?

 
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