I think any decent Postscript Printer will work - I always use the Apple Color LaserWriter.
Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mahoney, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:24 PM Subject: [Samba] need help setting up a printer > I'm trying to setup a print share with samba-2.2.4 that 9x and 2k clients > should be able to print to. > Below is my current setup listing only printer related options. > My first concern right now is that I have cups running with the pdfdistiller > script to format print jobs into pdf documents. > I'm not using a real printer for this. > I need samba to display the cups printer called PDF_Printer so that I can > print to it from windows. > Now the only driver with cups so far that I've been able to get to create a > non corrupt pdf was the raw driver aside from thta I had tried some hp > drivers but don't really have a clue what I SHOULD use as a driver with > pdfdistiller. Anyway raw works for cups and I can use the cups web interface > to print a test page and then view that pdf with xpdf or acroread. From this > point assuming that I had samba displaying the printer I need to know what > print driver I would choose. > I also would rather at this time use a local print driver as imprints and > adding from 2k are way over my head. > I'm still trying to understand the new [print$] share. > Oh and I'd prefer to not to have to create the "print" share PDF_Printer > below but so far it's the only way to get a printer to display from nework > neighborhood. [print$] doesn't create a list automatically as near as I can > tell and 2k doesn't use [printer]. > Can anyone help or point out any obvious flaws in my setup? Thanks in > advance to anyone who can help. =) > > [global] > total print jobs = 0 > load printers = Yes > printcap name = cups > disable spoolss = No > enumports command = > addprinter command = > deleteprinter command = > show add printer wizard = Yes > printer admin = root, @lp > min print space = 0 > max print jobs = 1000 > printable = No > postscript = No > printing = cups > # print command = lpr -r -P%p %s > print command = lpr -P %p -o raw %s -r > # lpq command = lpq -P%p > lpq command = lpstat -o %p > # lprm command = lprm -P%p %j > lprm command = cancel %p-%j > lppause command = > lpresume command = > queuepause command = > queueresume command = > printer name = > use client driver = No > # printer driver = > # printer driver file = /etc/samba/printers.def > # printer driver location = > > #[printer$] > # comment = All Printers > # path = /var/spool/samba > # browseable = No > # guest ok = No > # writeable = No > # printable = Yes > # create mode = 0700 > > #[print$] > # comment = Printer Drivers > # path = /etc/samba/drivers > # browseable = Yes > # guest ok = Yes > # read only = Yes > # write list = root > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > browseable = No > writeable = Yes > create mode = 0700 > > #[print$] > # comment = Printer Drivers > # path = /etc/samba/drivers > # write list = root, @lp > > [PDF_Printer] > comment = > path = /var/spool/samba > # printer driver = > printing = cups > printable = Yes > browseable = Yes > public = Yes > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba