Linux printing on a windows network, where to start

Mike McMullin mwmcmlln at mnsi.net
Thu Sep 4 17:55:03 UTC 2008


On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 15:43 +0800, Chris Jeffries wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 08:25 +0100, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> wrote:
> > Re: Linux printing on a windows network, where to start
> 
> Not sure what you mean by 'that' in '.... however, at the terminal when
> i write that, i totally get unknown command!'.
> 
> If 'that' refers to 'App prog | ghostscript | network transport |
> pri....', it was not meant to be a command, rather a view of what would
> be happening.
> 
> I am sorry that I cannot give exact steps because I do not know them. 
> 
> I think you have two choices at this stage. 
> 1)Just try a search in the archive on the website - you may find the
> original posting (not by me) or 
> 2) wait until someone who can give specifics turns up.

  Oddly enough, I wonder what kind of file Windows is using to drive the
printer?  If it's a .ppd file then possibly copying it over, or even
having Windows install it's own driver and printing to that raw?





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