Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words > > As for winprinters, the untested sequence of actions is: > > 1) Install winprinter driver on the client (fixme: do all CDs allow to > install a driver without a printer being actually connected?)
AFAIK, they do. > 2) Add a "raw" printer using CUPS webinterface, configure CUPS to > accept raw jobs from the client > 3) Install Internet printer on Windows with the URL > http://www.example.com:631/printers/relevant-printer, try to pick the > proper driver when asked. > > This will certainly fail for the printers that require talkback to the > computer, e.g. in order to get ink levels before actually printing > anything (but that's true also for SAMBA and even for Windows > implementation of printer sharing). That's why I always configure > printers shared via CUPS as pseudo-PostScript ones. > If you do any field trials, try to find a canon bjc4xxx or bjc6xxx to do them with. If you get them working, you will be doing well. -- With best Regards, Declan Moriarty. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
