Hi! I succesfully printed from my XP box to print-pdf using adobe generic postcript driver http://www.adobe.com/products/printerdrivers/windows.html . Obtaining pdf and ps files on my home share, but I don't know why all the "printouts" were greyscaled, while the adobe testpapge was color (only the Adobe logo is actualy red) Another problem is that because this driver doesn't have inf files I couldn't upload and install the printer drivers on the Samba Server via the APW capabilty, so that clients could automaticaly download it from the server at the first access. I think the printerdrivers haven't anithing to do with /etc/printcap, or so like, but they are stored at /var/lib/samba/printers with driver list residing in the printing related tdb files in /var/cache/samba ( At least with Mandrake 9.0)
Geza Ghemes The distribution is Mandrake Linux 9.0 OK, I install driver local, but which driver? W2K doesn't come with a pdf printer driver, does it? Regards, Stefan Tunsch El Mié 06 Nov 2002 18:49, Thomas Bork escribió: > Hi Stefan, > > > I have recently installed linux and samba on one server. > > which linux distribution? > > > I would like to know if I can make Windows machines use the pdf-generator > > printer that is shared by default with samba? > > AFAIK there is no distribution, which comes with a pdf-printing-share by > default . If you are using eisfair with samba package 1.0.9 and ghostscript > package 1.0.2, then you have to install an postscript driver on the client: > > For colored pdf try Apple Color LW 12/660 PS, for black/white Apple > Laserwriter 12/640. > > > When I try to add this printer to a W2K machine I always get the message > > "The driver is not the appropriate. Do you want to install the right > > driver locally on your machine?" > > You have to install the driver local - I tried an automatic download but I > guess there is a problem with printers, which are not associated with an > printcap entry. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
