HP Laserjet and "watermarks"

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Rob Helmer wrote:

> Hmm, I also noticed a problem with the "Quickbooks" program today,
> it seems to have some kind of internal print dialog that allows it
> to set "landscape" or "portrait" mode.
>
> Interestingly, the "print preview" function as well as the actual
> printing does not result in the Samba-controlled printer printing
> in "landscape" mode, but using the Win2k-controlled printer it
> does.

What version of Samba?  Can you try this with the latest SAMBA_2_2 cvs?


> I've noticed that the Samba-controlled printer shows up on a "local"
> port AFA the driver is concerned, while the Win2k-controlled printer
> seems to show up on an "HP Standard IP".
>
> Perhaps the print driver and Quickbooks are both somehow contacting
> the printer directly when they see that this is a "remote" printer?
>
> I would *love* to document these kind of integration issues, if
> I can just get my office converted... any ideas?
>
> Does Samba need to show printers as "local Samba port" rather than
> remote printers? Is this the completely wrong path :P ?

In Samba 2.2, the "Samba Printer Port" is just a placeholder.
The port is not actually used for anything.  Remember that Samba
is just a spooler to hand the job off to the server's underlying
print system.





chau, jerry
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