[Samba] Printing via smbprint to a WinPrinter

[Kurt Pfeifle]

On samba-request at lists.samba.org, Marco wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:30:13 +0200
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> From: emmebi at icube.it (Marco Bizzarri)
> Subject: [Samba] Printing via smbprint to a WinPrinter
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> Hi all.
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> I would like to print from a Linux Server to a printer connected to a Windo=
> ws ME machine. I'm able to connect via smbclient, with
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> smbclient //windowsme/printer -U '' -N
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> and I receive the smb> prompt
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> Now, when I try to print any file, nothing comes out from the printer. The =
> printer is a Canon LBP-810 which, according to
> www.linuxprinting.org site, is a WinPrinter. My question is: is it possible=
>  to have that printer running in the configuration I
> mentioned or not?
> 

And my question is: what does linuxprinting.org say about this "Winprinter"?
Can you print natively from Linux to it? If so, you can also send the job
to it if it hangs off a Windows box.... If not -- no!