[Samba] pdf printer

[Tom McKellips]

Making a PDF printer with samba is easy. I use an Apple Color laserwriter PS 
driver on my Windows boxes and a call to ghostscript on Linux. The article 
that got me started out good is at http://www.linux-mag.com/2003-
01/guru_01.html It sounds like this may help you also.

On Sat, 31 May 2003 11:50:40 +0200, Kurt Pfeifle wrote
> > Norman Zhang nzhang at arkon-group.com
> > Fri May 30 16:34:25 GMT 2003
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Thank you for your reply.
> > 
> >> Please use this little HOWTO:
> >>
> >>     http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba/2003-March/093504.html
> >>
> >> The "color" all depends on the PPD you are using. If you use a B/W 
Laerprinter
> >> PPD for this, your PDF will be B/W too. The suggested distiller.ppd 
should
> >> be alright. Do you get B/W or Color PDFs from Linux/UNIX/CUPS?
> > 
> > I followed the exact procedure as per above URL, except I grabbed the
> > adist5.ppd from the Adobe Universal PostScript Installer 1.0.6. Is that
> > okay? 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> But this only covers the "Install-PDF-Printer-on-CUPS" part.
> 
> The other part is the "Install-PDF-Printer-on-Windows". Here you have
> several options. My recommendation is the "Use-the-CUPS-PostScript-
> Drivers- for-Windows-NT/2K/XP"-and-export-with-the-help-of-
> cupsaddsmb" one.
> 
> > CUPS seems to able to read it. I got color PDF when I installed an
> > arbitrary color laser printer (HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS.
> 
> You mean if you install that printer on a Windows client and connect 
> it to the PDF printer?
> 
> That's OK if it works. "The proof of the pudding lies in the eating.".
> 
> But it won't work with *aribitrary" color laser printers:
> 
>   * the driver *must* be a PostScript driver (won't work with PCL). This
>     is probably obvious to most readers
> 
>   * even some PostScript drivers won't work. (If they rely heavily 
> on PJL    and write a native PJL header to the PostScript file they 
> generate,    CUPS won't be able to filter the file properly as 
> intended. The "CUPS    PS Driver for Windows NT/2K/XP" works around 
> this.)
> 
> > I thought I can
> > get different paper size with this model)
> 
> This should work with any PPD containing descriptions for different paper
> sizes.
> 
> > and B/W with a B/W laser printer
> > (HP LaserJet 2200 PS). Do you have a recommendation for a particular 
model?
> > 
> >> > I have another question, do I need to add a Color Laser Printer Driver
> >> > in W2K to the PDF share to generate color PDF in Windows?
> >>
> >> If you read the suggested HOWTO, you'll see that the driver installation
> >> first takes place on CUPS. Then you have a CUPS PDF printer (also
> >> accessible to native CUPS clients).
> > 
> > I have setup CUPS to use PDF printing.
> 
> Ah, I see.
> 
> > I guess I just need to add printer
> > drivers to the queue?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > I was adding the drivers from W2K using HP's printer
> > drivers. I know it is better to use CUPS drivers, but I don't know which
> > model is good
> 
> The one which works on CUPS (determined by the PPD) is good for Win clients
> too. cupsaddsmb installs exactly that PPD, plus the Windows 
> PostScript driver you choose (the Adobe or the CUPS version).
> 
> > and it seems to be difficult to use cupsaddsmb.
> 
> cupsaddsmb is extremely simple to use. (It is more difficult to understand
> how it works. How it works is discussed in the new HOWTO.) If it doesn't
> work, it is mostly because of an error in the "preparation" of the command.
> See "man cupsaddsmb" for that preparation. Common errors are 
> discussed in the new HOWTO.
> 
> >> To install it on W2K, simply download the CUPS driver. Before you 
download
> >> it, you need to run cupsaddsmb. Before you run cupsaddsmb, you should 
read
> >> "man cupsaddsmb". Even more info about it is here:
> >>
> >>    http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/SambaPrintHOWTO/
> > 
> > I have been reading your document for the last 2 days (excellent document
> > BTW). I guess I will read it again 8)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Norman
> > 
> 
> Cheers,
> Kurt
> 
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