[Samba] Printer Issue with Access XP

[Cyrille Bollu]

We are more thinking about removing Acces XP :-)

"Joe Cipale" <joec at aracnet.com> a écrit sur 07/12/2005 17:07:31 :

> Cyrille,
> 
> Personally.. I would say scrap Samba printing as a printing solution
> between linux/unix and XP and install a dedicated print server. HP, 
> Linksys and D-Link all make very good, reliable solutions that are 
> very easy to setup and configure.
> 
> This will save you a great deal of time, energy and headaches. Just 
> my opinion, mind you.
> 
> Joe Cipale
> 
> Cyrille Bollu wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm having an issue with printing on a samba shared printer from 
Access XP 
> > 2002.
> > 
> > This issue has already been reported twice on this list but never 
> > answered.
> > 
> > We are experiencing a strange problem using Microsoft Access XP 2002 
to 
> > create a report when the default printer is set to a network Samba 
> > Printer.
> > 
> > We have already tried setting 'default devmode = yes' on the printer 
> > within smb.conf, but without luck.
> > 
> > We have found that we can set the default printer on the workstation 
to a 
> > locally stored printer definition and then start the Access Report 
> > Designer, and print to the Samba printer by changing the printer at 
the 
> > time of print, but this is a rather long way around.
> > 
> > Does anybody went further in the resolution of this problem?
> > 
> > Greets,
> > 
> > Cyrille
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