On: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:14:53 -0700 (PDT) Bradley Bell writes: > > I need to print to an HP Laserjet 5Si printer which is hooked up to > a netware network, > > Can anybody point me to any resources on printing to netware > printers? > > I've studied and tried every trick in the IPX- and Printing-HOWTO, > and the instructions there are pretty insufficient when it comes to > this problem. > > At the moment, I can almost print text files using nprint, but they > come out staircased and sideways, and with no banner page. > > If anybody else has gotten this working, can I see your printcap and > filter files?
If nprint seems to send your file transparently to the user (at least it didn't convert LF->CR/LF) you can use a printcap which just calls a script for printing. Here is a sample entry for the smbprint command, change it accordingly: smb:lp=/dev/null:sd=/usr/spool/smb:sh:if=/usr/local/samba/smbprint You should probably chain it with magicfilter to provide automatic Postscript->PCL conversion if your printer do not nativly support postscript (I assume, you should let magicfilter print to remote printer smb on localhost with the above printcap entry). Torsten