[samba] windows client use Linux printer
Keith G. Murphy
keithmur at mindspring.com
Thu Feb 27 17:44:04 GMT 2003
David Harel wrote:
>
> Hi and thanks Joel,
>
> This information is priceless.
> I did what you recommended and got it printing. As I see the problem,
> the most problematic part is to set the driver on the windows client
> that will produce the desired postscript image. The printer you
> recommended is not on the list as you typed it. I found the printer: "HP
> Laser Jet III Postscript Plus v2010.118" which works black and white
> only. Now I am looking for a printer driver that will produce color
images.
> As the role of the driver on the windows system is only to produce
> postscript image I think samba documents should include a recommendation
> for such a driver.
>
Why not try the "raw" queue like Joel described, and use the Lexmark
driver on your Windows PC?
I suspect a lot of people do this when they're printing from Windows,
and that may be why there's little focus on a more suitable postscript
driver for a particular printer.
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