Subject: Re: Samba printers
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 11:53:29 AKST
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 10:02, volz wrote:
> I have a whole bunch of questions on samba printers:
>
> 1.) What exactly is a "samba printer"? Does that mean a windows 'shared'
> printer?
A printer that uses samba to access it. It could be a printer attached
to the parallel port of a Windows box, or a network printer with a
netbios port (Windows).
> 2.) Does the printer have to be linux supported? Where is the driver?
The printer driver is what formats the page for printing. In the
non-postscript world each driver can format a little differently, so you
need the same driver to compose a doc,say in OO.writer, as you are
priting to.
> 3.) How does samba get involved? Do you run linux samba client? Or is it handled
> through the printconf ui? I notice that there is a queue type "SMB" on my Redhat
> workstation running printconf-gui, I am assuming that my system has been setup
> to support windows networked printers by the anaconda.
I am not failiar with RedHat but you need the samba client to print to a printer connected to
another box, the samba server if the printer is connected to your box
and Windows machines will be printing to it. If you have a choice a
Postscript printer is nice to have.
> I don't have any window printer shares here in the office, so I don't have a way
> to test this printconf/smb deal, but it sounds like a good thing to be able to
> do on the laptop.
If you have Redhat on your laptop and go to MS office spaces, you will
need samba client to print. Look into Cups, it is a great printig
system, works with Samba also.
>
> - Karl Volz
>
> volz@aeff.uaa.alaska.edu
>
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