Unable to print correctly html on Windows Printer (SMB) Share

[Joel Hammer]

I should have said: Enscript and ghostscript are the usual tools to do this.
Joel
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 11:13:58AM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote:
> I am at work right now and can't go into great detail but:
> You need a print filter that will convert postscript files into files
> understood by your printer. Then the file is dumped to the printer via the
> NT share. Enscript is the usual tool to do this. Enscript is not installed
> by default on RH 7.1 in client configuration. I too had no success using the
> RH 7.1 printer configuration tool, and I would not use it.
> What I would do if I were you is this:
> 
> 1. Find out if enscript is installed on your system. If not, install it.
> 2. Play around with smbclient and its printing commands and figure out the
> command you need to send a print job from your linux box to your NT server.
> Once you can do that, you can set up your printcap file and its print filter
> (no big deal) to handle all types of files.
> I will be able to give you some samples of the files you will need after I
> get back from work, in about 7 hours from now.
> Joel
> 
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> On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 04:32:29PM +0100, Brendan Crowley (EEI) wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I thought I gave sufficient info, sorry.
> > I'll include the /etc/printcap file below.
> > I'm using Linux RH7.1. & Samba 2.2.2
> > My printer is as far as I can tell, at least from the spec's, is not a postscript printer.
> > How do I setup a printer definition which will filter my print jobs to enable me to print from within Netscape?
> > How do I use smbclient (note 1 below) from within Netscape to print html pages?
> > Regards,
> > Brendan.
> > 
> > # /etc/printcap
> > #
> > # DO NOT EDIT! MANUAL CHANGES WILL BE LOST!
> > # This file is autogenerated by printconf-backend during lpd init.
> > #
> > # Hand edited changes can be put in /etc/printcap.local, and will be included.
> > 
> > HP_DeskJet_950C|printer:\
> > 	:sh:\
> > 	:ml=0:\
> > 	:mx=0:\
> > 	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/HP_DeskJet_950C:\
> > 	:lp=|/usr/share/printconf/smbprint:\
> > 	:lpd_bounce=true:\
> > 	:if=/usr/share/printconf/mf_wrapper:
> > 
> > ###############################################################################
> > ## Everything below here is included verbatim from /etc/printcap.local       ##
> > ###############################################################################
> > # printcap.local
> > #
> > # This file is included by printconf's generated printcap,
> > # and can be used to specify custom hand edited printers.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 12:27:24PM +0100, Brendan Crowley (EEI) wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > After connecting a HP DeskJet 950C printer to my NT Server and configuring it as a share printer, I used samba and printconf to connect to it.
> > > I setup the printer in printconf as a Samba (SMB) Printer/Windows Printer (SMB) Share
> > > After restarting the lpd daemon, I can print successfully the ASCII test page and other linux files, e.g. smb.conf, /etc/fstab, etc.
> > > My problem is that I am unable to print correctly html pages from my Netscape browser or emails either.
> > 
> > This is a bit lacking in detail.
> > ASSUMING that you are using a linux/unix box as a client to an NT server:
> > 1. You don't need samba to print to the NT client.  You use smbclient to do this.
> > 2. The answer lies in your printcap file. You need to have a printer
> > definition which will filter your print jobs on your unix/linux client
> > before being sent to the NT server. Netscape from unix/linux sends
> > postscript files, for example.  I don't know anything about the HP 950. Is is 
> > a postscript printer? 
> > Post your /etc/printcap, and, if using linux, which flavor. 
> > Joel
> > 
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