[Samba] samba+cups printing a banner

Kurt Pfeifle kpfeifle at danka.de
Fri May 21 15:28:49 GMT 2004


> Vit vmf11 at hotmail.com
> Mon May 17 19:46:17 GMT 2004
> 
> 
> i set up a print server using samba and cups and 
> it seems to be working fine but in my environment 
> it is vital for each printjob to have a banner with 
> netbios name on it.
> eg i have 700 public computers and 4 printers so i 
> need each computer to print a banner with the hostname 
> to distinguish who prints what. i tried to set it up on 
> the client side but it doesnt seem to be working.
> any help would be greatly appreciated. 10x


You should use the CUPS PostScript drivers for Win NT/2K/XP
on your clients (Win 95/98/ME are not supported). They are
the only ones to support CUPS banners.



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