[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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