[Samba] Samba and Printing
Komal Shah
countofdracula at gmail.com
Wed Aug 30 06:15:24 GMT 2006
Shaun Marolf wrote:
> It is much easier to have Windows print to a Samba server than it is to print
> to Windows from any Unix. I have successfully setup shared printers on a
> Samba Server that I had no Linux driver for. Though the server could not
> print to the attached printer all my Windows clients could as Samba Print
> queue just sent raw data straight through so all the printer got was the file
> that Windows created before it sent it to the Samba print share.
>
> Now as far as printing to your printer from Linux, if the post script driver
> does not work then you may not be able to do so. Have you used Google to see
> if a driver is available? Since you didn't state what brand it was all I can
> add is if its a Brother I bet you will find a driver at their web site.
>
> --Shaun
Thanks Shaun for quick reply.
I am having trouble with Dell Photo 964.Can I setup raw queue so that
Windows drive will do the processing ?
Komal
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