[Samba] CUPS Printing to PostScript Printer

[Simon Hobson]

Richardson, Anthony wrote:
>I'm having trouble printing to a HP LaserJet 6MP
>Postscript printer.  I'm using CUPS and normal
>UNIX printing works fine.
>
>I've tried to configure SAMBA for point and click
>printing.  That all seemed to go okay except that
>what is printed is:
>=====================================================
>-12345X at PJL JOB
>@PJL SET RESOLUTION = 600
>@PJL SET ECONOMODE = OFF
>@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = POSTSCRIPT
>=====================================================
>followed by all of the raw Postscript commands.
>I think it is the "-12345X" at the beginning of
>the output that is confusing the printer.

Two suggestions come to mind :

1) Edit the ppd file and remove the entries that cause this code to be sent

or (better)

2) configure the printer without auto-detect of language

I've had similar problems with some other makes of printer so I 
normally just configure all printers as Postscript only - then some 
f***ing clueless software vendor comes along and only supports PCL :-(

Simon

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