[ale] Samba shared printer mystery

Michael B. Trausch mike at trausch.us
Tue Mar 30 16:28:18 EDT 2010


On 03/30/2010 03:41 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Isn't there a "RAW" print driver for samba printers that will simple use
> the data "as is" from the windows client and simply block-send teh data
> to the printer? The Linux system can't print to the printer at all, but
> the windows systems think it's a windows printer with no problem.

Yes, but you need to tell Samba that Windows client drivers are to be used:

use client driver = yes

In the smb.conf.

	--- Mike

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