Well, I played a bit with it a bit more. I managed to install it with the IPP (http://servername:631/printer/ etc....), but that has caused my Windows Print spooler service to bump 99% CPU usage (I checked, nothing is in C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\PRINTERS).
So, I'm going to put the printer connected to a windows machine and share Linux with it. This at least will give me the functionality that the Linux driver doesn't have (setting the buttons, voice-answering, faxes etc..) Thanks for the help! Hetz On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Noam Rathaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > What worked for me was actually tell Windows to use "Microsoft" RAW driver > (listed under Microsoft as the vendor). > > CUPS is smart enough to know how to use it. > > > > On Monday 17 March 2008 14:21:16 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > Geoff, > > > > Thanks for your help and links, but I still seem to have 1 problem: I > > can see the printer in windows, it shows the generic (crappy) driver, > > but whenever I try to print the Windows test page, all I get is the > > postscript text printed, not the test page itself.. > > > > Thanks, > > Hetz > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:04:12PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > > > I'm looking for a configuration to print from Windows to my new Office > > > > Jet which is connected to my Linux box. I can use the CUPS driver, but > > > > I prefer to use the native HP drivers. Only thing is that I didn't > > > > find any explanation of WHAT to put in /etc/samba/drivers, why do i > > > > need to work with user level in samba in order to make cups play > > > > nicely with windows, etc.. > > > > > > http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18850.html > > > > > > Describes what goes there, but IMHO you don't really want to do that. > > > > > > It's much simpler to install the drivers on the Windows side and > > > then.... > > > > > > First you need to add the line: > > > > > > Allow From 192.168.0.* > > > > > > to the cupsd.conf. Add it after the "Location /" > > > entry or the printer entry. Change the IP address to match the > > > ones you want to print. > > > > > > Install the printer normally, but use the port: > > > > > > http://hostname:631/Printer/Printer-name/.printer > > > > > > > > > Uncomment the proper lines in mime.convs and mine.types for raw > > > printing (should be easy to spot). > > > > > > Or if you want to make it easier, define the printer in samba. > > > > > > printcap name = /etc/printcap > > > load printers = yes > > > printing = cups > > > > > > Of course if you really want to cheat and only print out text, you can > > > define the printer as a postscript printer, for example Apple > > > LaserWriter and let cups do the translation. > > > > > > I have the opposite set up, my printer is on the Windows computer (it's > > > really my wife's) and I print to it using a2ps for text and postscript > > > files for graphics. > > > > > > Geoff. > > > -- > > > Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM > > > > -- > Noam Rathaus > CTO > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.beyondsecurity.com > > "Know that you are safe." > > Beyond Security Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007 > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
