I would have to agree with your conclusion with items 4 & 5. It's time to reinstall Windows. ;^)
Mark Bigler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >I'm not sure I have the working not working combos right. And it's not >clear when things stopped working. But, > >Working: > >1) Linux w/ LJ4 driver -> LPT? -> LJ5L >2) NT w/ LJ? driver -> NetWare Print Server -> LPT? | JetDirect -> LJ5L > >Not Working: > >3) Anything SMB -> Linux Samba -> LPT? -> LJ5L >4) W95 w/ LJ? driver -> LPT? -> LJ5L >5) W95 w/ LJ? driver -> NetWare Print Server -> JetDirect -> LJ5L > >Assuming you aren't using CUPS with Samba, for case: > >3) The client OS needs to have a native driver for the target printer >and use a raw printer on the Linux Samba Server. The name for the raw >printer must be distinct from the printer name you normally use when >printing from Linux. The raw printer filter should pass data directly >to the printer. > >4 & 5) Look like a bad LJ5L driver in W95 > >On Monday 10 December 2001 20:12, Dennis Soper wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm having a bit of a problem with my LaserJet 5L at work, and am >> wondering if anyone might have seen this sort of issue before. The >> thing prints fine in Linux, using the LaserJet 4 driver. It used to >> print in samba, but no longer. It prints garbage on a Windoze 95 >> box, using HP's drivers, and it also prints garbage using the HP >> Windoze 95 drivers while it's hooked up to a JetDirect box from a >> Netware print queue. But, if I print from the Netware queue using >> Windoze NT and the drivers that shipped in NT, it prints fine. >> >> Anyone have any ideas what might be going on here? Maybe time >> to get a new printer? >> >> Boy, am I glad I've got a LaserJet III at home-- it takes a lickin' >> and keeps on tickin.... >> >> Cheers, >> Dennis"Custard pies are a sort of esperanto: a universal >> language." >> --Noel Godin > >
