Linux printing on a windows network, where to start

[Robert Lutaaya]

Thank you for information however, at the terminal when i write that, i
totally get unknown command!

Robert



2008/9/4 Chris Jeffries <chris at candm.org.uk>

> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 03:36 +0100, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> wrote:
> > Re: Linux printing on a windows network, where to start
>
> ISTR a while back a suggestion of generating postscript at the Linux end
> of the network and catching that and formatting for the printer at the
> Windows end. It addessed a different problem I think, but may
> nevertheless sort your problem.
>
> I cannot remember the exact details, but I think a search in the archive
> of this list for Ubuntu Ghostscript and Windows might find it. (Probably
> the Ubuntu is superfluous.) Maybe someone here with more experience can
> give detail.
>
> I hazard a guess this would trigger the windows driver for the printer
> into processing the file like this:
>
>        App prog | ghostscript | network transport | print prog with
>        postscript input and windows (is it?) CGM output | printer
>        driver | printer | paper with printing on it :-)
>
>
>
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Robert K Lutaaya


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