[samba] windows client use Linux printer

[Florian Stahl]

Hi,

consider the GenericPostscriptDriver from Adobe, can be downloaded for free
at their website, it even runs pretty flawlessly printing Postscript on
Non-Postscript printers (HPs PCL Laserwriters) by foomatic gs_wrapper.


kind regardez

florian
(fstahl at xantury.com)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+fstahl=xantury.com at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+fstahl=xantury.com at lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of
> Keith G. Murphy
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:44 PM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [samba] windows client use Linux printer
>
>
> David Harel wrote:
>   >
>   > Hi and thanks Joel,
>   >
>   > This information is priceless.
>   > I did what you recommended and got it printing. As I see
> the problem,
>   > the most problematic part is to set the driver on the
> windows client
>   > that will produce the desired postscript image. The printer you
>   > recommended is not on the list as you typed it. I found
> the printer: "HP
>   > Laser Jet III Postscript Plus v2010.118"  which works
> black and white
>   > only. Now I am looking for a printer driver that will
> produce color
> images.
>   > As the role of the driver on the windows system is only to produce
>   > postscript image I think samba documents should include a
> recommendation
>   > for such a driver.
>   >
> Why not try the "raw" queue like Joel described, and use the Lexmark
> driver on your Windows PC?
>
> I suspect a lot of people do this when they're printing from Windows,
> and that may be why there's little focus on a more suitable postscript
> driver for a particular printer.
>
>
>
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