[NTLUG:Discuss] problems printint y smaba

Chris Cox cjcox at acm.org
Sat May 12 22:59:56 CDT 2001


I should have said, your printer configuration
utility (from whatever distribution) should have
configured a *-raw printer in /etc/printcap.
apsfilter is usually used for all entries... but
not necessary on the raw device setup.

Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> You want to print from windows to a "raw" printer
> device.  Remember the driver is in Windows... it
> will take care of formatting the output.  Setup
> the printer directly in Windows as a 840C... not
> postscript.  Then let it print to the raw
> printer in Linux.
> 
> Usually, apsfilter configures a *-raw device
> in your /etc/printcap.  Look for it.  That's
> the one you want to expose via Samba.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Chris



More information about the Discuss mailing list