Linux printing on a windows network, where to start

[NoOp]

On 09/03/2008 09:12 PM, henning wrote:
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> 
>> So you are getting something to the printer, albeit in landscape - are
>> the contents of the print correct other than the page orientation?
>> 
> Well, nearly, I also don't get color, but could easily live with that.
> Quality is otherwise just fine.
> 
> 
> 
>> Which printer driver are you using and what application are you using
>> that is printing landscape?
>> 
> I tested driver for OKIC5800 and  could print the test-page from
> system-config-printer tool and also from evince. I tried other drivers too,
> five semi-randomly selected ones but they didn't work at all.

Was that a driver that you found in the System|Administration|Print
setup? Or was it a driver that you installed directly?  (details will
certainly help so that folks don't have to play guess the driver 1, 2, 3
with you - please).

> 
>> Can you print from any other application whereby the page orientation is
>> correct?
>> 
> No, but I only tried those two, I thought that since its the wrong driver it
> wouldn't be worth fighting with..
> 
> 

Test prints from the print manager can often not work even in printers
with good PPD's. Try creating a PDF printer, print a file to that, and
then try printing to the C8600 and see if it works.