Printer Configuration

[Hans Fugal]

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Chuck,

It sounds to me like the issue is what is being sent to the printer. In
printing issues narrowing it down like this is a big first step. That's
good. However, if things get off-the-wall frustrating it might be worth
hooking the printer up to the linux box directly and seeing if that
works better. In which case it would be samba's fault after all.

Have you tried cups? I have personally preferred LPRng in the past, but
I did give cups a try again just earlier today and I am more impressed
with it now than I was last time I tried.

* Chuck Allison [Sat,  3 May 2003 at 14:37 -0600]
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> GE> Are you trying to set up the Linux box as a print server?  If so, does
> GE> printing work directly from the Linux box?  With the mention of "file=
s" I'm
> GE> guessing that we are looking at just the print server part of the equ=
ation.
> GE> Then your problem is a samba one.  Of course, I would get the printer
> GE> working with the right drivers before trying to get the share working.
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> I have an Epson Stylus C82 on a Windows XP machine which is visible
> and usable by my other windows boxes in the workgroup. I set it up as
> a Samba printer on my newly configured RedHat 8.0 (updated via Update
> Agent) box, and there is connectivity (because I get garbage sent from
> my Linux box to the printer very quickly :-).
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> GE> What printing system are you using?  LPRng or CUPS?
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> LPRng.
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> GE> I'm guessing that a good SAMBA link or two will be the most help.  He=
re is
> GE> one that I found very useful:
> GE> http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba/samba-intro.html
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> I found this link earlier this week and it was a little helpful, but
> hasn't helped me with the current problem.
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> Best regards,
>  Chuck Allison (The Harmonious CodeSmith)
>  Senior Editor, C/C++ Users Journal
>  cda at freshsources.com
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