On Friday, 9 Sep 2005 4:56 pm, Mithun Bhattacharya wrote: > --- Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Even the ipp:// URL should work. If you have jetdirect support > > windows also > > uses the tcp_ip socket option(socket option in cups) for specifying a > > printer. That is the only way the print server in my place works. > > Isnt the jetdirect method applicable to laserjet printers connected > directly to the network ?
Well, I dont know. The print server I have attaches itself to my samsung laser printer, and provides different interfaces to connect to it. Jet direct being one of them. > > I didnt notice any way to configure socket option in CUPS - is this > automatically available on my setup ? The socket option is for clients. > > > Also check the permissions in cups, and see that octet-stream > > content-type is > > handled by cups. > > Doesnt this imply I have to setup a raw data queue with printer driver > loaded at the client end ? I have always seen windows sending raw data to cups based printers. I have had to configure cups to accept such data for prints from windows to work. > My basic problem is that I am having a ancient DeskJet printer which > doesnt have driver for Windows XP. It works great from Linux even in > color. I am not sure what all I need to do to get my CUPS working with > Windows. Do I have to provide a driver to Windows even in my setup ? > > Ideally I tell Windows to use CUPS via IPP for a Postscript printer and > then CUPS manages the rest. Is this feasible or am I looking at an > impossible situation ? I am guessing that in IPP, you put ppd files for each printer, and windows can use that instead. - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya * Puroga Technologies * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: http://www.puroga.com * Home/Blog: http://www.sandipb.net/blog PGP/GPG Signature: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th & 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
