"Brant Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got samba set up to where I can print to a shared printer... But > the files have to be text files, and I have to do it manually from the > smb:> prompt.... :( > > WP8 will go through the motions, but will not print to the printer... > > I created a script for this, /usr/bin/netprint it looks like this: > > ***************************** > #!/bin/sh > smbclient \\\\dahouse\\hpdeskje shadowgate.com -U BW07442 -P -c 'print'
Shouldn't that be 'print -'? Is "shadowgate.com" really the password? > lp1¦Deskjet:\ ^ That should be an ASCII "VERTICAL LINE" "|", not an ISO-8859-1 "BROKEN BAR". Try the script from the command line, i.e. netprint < printme.txt Once that works, try it with lpr: lpr -Plp1 printme.txt _Then_ work on WP8. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ Larry froze. Was the bag a trap? He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed.