HP Laserjet and "watermarks"

Rob Helmer robert at namodn.com
Tue Jan 8 10:12:03 GMT 2002


On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 07:42:18AM -0600, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Rob Helmer wrote:
> 
> What version of Samba?  Can you try this with the latest SAMBA_2_2 cvs?

Samba version 2.2.2

I will try a newer version today.


> 
> 
> > 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.

Hmm.. the only thing I am wondering is, why are some Windows client-side
programs able to use the printer effectively ( e.g. Excel's print dialog
allows you to make the document landscape/portrait, the driver's dialog
lets you select input trays etc, while the watermark stuff in the driver
dialog does not work, and quickbooks cannot make the document landscape/
portrait).


Thanks!
Rob Helmer




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