[Samba] Duplex printer + samba + cups

marcos rocha mczueira at yahoo.com.br
Thu Mar 30 22:11:02 GMT 2006


Hi Fabiano,

you can try this:

- use a windows machine to conect to the linux print
server
- as a printer operator or as administrator, configure
the printer settings and enable the duplex setting.

[]s

Marcos

--- Fabiano Caixeta Duarte <fabiano at fearp.usp.br>
escreveu:

> Gentleman,
> 
> In one of my slackware servers I put samba acting as
> a printer server 
> connected to a Hewlett-Packard 2420D (D stands for
> duplex).
> 
> In CUPS I'm using the 'raw' driver. So I let the
> clients to perform the 
> driver stuff.
> 
> On samba, I followed the procedures described on 
>
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/classicalprinting.html#inst-rpc
> to make possible windows clients to get the files
> needed to achieve driver 
> installation.
> 
> I took those files from an WinXP installation
> through rpcclient+smbclient.
> 
> As expected, clients can get the drivers and print.
> The main thing is 
> working.
> 
> THE PROBLEM is: If the client is connected to the
> "WinXP Printer Server", 
> the printer properties shows some advanced options
> which includes the 
> ability to choose duplex printing. If it's connected
> to the samba server, 
> none of those options even appear.
> 
> Do you have any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> --
> Fabiano Caixeta Duarte
> Seção Técnica de Informática
> FEA-RP/USP
> 
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