[ale] Cups and SMB

cfowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Thu Sep 19 09:45:48 EDT 2002


This one is a Samsung ML-1450.  

It is USB -> Win2K Advanced Server


On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 09:38, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 21:04, Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > No. That spec is for the printer that is connected to the cat5 line
> > > directly. That is a real "network printer". If the printer is connected
> > > to a pc which in turn is connected to the cat5 line, it is a shared
> > > printer if it is a Windows OS on the pc. 
> > > 
> > > In that case (windoze box with parallel/USB cable to printer), the
> > > smbclient sotware is required to mangle, er, handle the protocols
> > > properly.
> > 
> > Agreed, but I don't know where Michael came up with a networked printer, 
> > when Chris was asking about a win2k printer, which I assumed to mean a 
> > printer hanging off a win2k machine...
> >
> 
> That is why I asked "Are you sure that it is only a windows printer?" 
> Lots of people think all the printers in my office are "windows
> printers" because they can print to them from Windows.  And they are
> windows printers--they have a print queue managed by a windows machine. 
> But they are also network printers and have a unix print queue on them. 
> I can print to them with standard lpd, or with cups.  
> 
> So I ask again whether these are networked printers, or printers that
> are directly connected only to one windows pc via parallel or USB cable
> like Jim described above.
> 
> --Michael
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 19:51, Geoffrey wrote:
> > > 
> > >>
> > >>Michael Hirsch wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 15:18, cfowler wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>I stopped lpd on RH7.3 because it cannot print to Win2k printers without
> > >>>>script modifications.  I thought I try cups.  But it does not do smb. 
> > >>>>Is there any good method to print to winbloze printers?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>Are you sure that it is only a windows printer?  Every networked printer
> > >>>I've seen has a unix print queue in it that you can print to directly.
> > >>
> > >>Say that again?  Are you saying that you can print to a windows printer 
> > >>from a UNIX box without Samba?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>--Michael
> > >>>
> > >>>
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> > >>
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> > 
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