Configuring Linux printer to be usable by Win98 boxes

[Joel Hammer]

Have you installed the windows drivers on your windows client for your printer? The printer should
show up in your printer settings window.
Then, the share you configure for your windows clients won't be the same as
the printer queue used by your linux server. The windows clients usually use
a raw or unfilted queue, since windows filters the job itself, whereas linux
clients almost always send postscript jobs which usually need to be filtered
for all except postscript printers.
Joel

Joel
On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 11:52:40AM -0600, Mike Watson wrote:
> I'm a newbie at using Samba.  I've been working to allow my Win98 users access to
> file space on the Linux box.  I'm now trying to them access to the Linux
> printer.  The printer works fine within Linux, but when I try to print to it from
> the Win98 side, I get an error saying unknown device.  I've configured the
> printer as a network printer, it is seen by Network Neighborhood, but I can't
> print to it.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas where to start looking?  I've configured the printer within
> Samba and setup the share for it.  What else is necessary?
> 
> Mike W
> 
> -- 
> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
> instructions:  http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba