printing with Ubuntu in Windows network

[Chris Jeffries]

>
>On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Chris Jeffries <chris at candm.org.uk>
wrote:
>
>> However, when confronted with a print spool file sent from the UBUNTU
>> machine, the driver just locks up and the only way to free it up is
to
>> clear the spool queue on Windows manually and then restart the spool
>> service.
>>
>
>There are many ways to print from Ubuntu to a Windows printer queue.
>
>Can you tell us how your printer is set up?
>
>Are you using lpd (Remote LPD queue), smb (Windows shared Printer),
ipp, or
>what?
>
>Is it set up to send RAW format, Postscript, or something else?
>
>Personally, I have had the best performance with using lpd over smb.
>
>-- 
>John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own

Checking System | Administration | Printer on the Ubuntu side I find the
following, 
which is consistent with my memory of what I set up...  

Device URI : smb://192.168.1.101/HPOffice
Make & Model : HP OfficeJet 5600 Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.2

And the following - which probably have less relevance...
Allow Printing for everyone
Media size A4
Printout mode : Normal (Colour Cartridge)
Resolution, Ink type etc : Controlled by printout mode

On the Windows side, it is a straghtforward SMB printer share.

When I ask it to send a test page to the printer, the printer prepares
to print, but then 
stops. It appears as though the  printer is receiving commands it cannot
process or is 
waiting for something thatś not arriving.