At this point, per a suggestion from Michael Long, I am trying to use CUPS, which I am told by several sources is a very helpful tool. I still haven't figured out how to make it work with Samba, though.
Mark K. Kim wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Holland, Matt wrote: > > >>I also recall that there doesn't seem to be any rhyme >>or reason to this, but sometimes you need twice as many slashes as you think >>you do, e.g., you may need ////CRAPPYWINBOX//STUPID_PRINTER. >> > > You need to do that if you use backslashes: > > \\\\CRAPPYWINBOX\\STUPID_PRINTER > > That's because backslashes are escape characters, so to type a backslash > you need to type it twice (once to escape, another to tell the shell it's > the real backslash.) Samba understands forward slashes, though, so you > should be able to do: > > //CRAPPYWINBOX/STUPIDPRINTER > > if you use forward slashes. > > I'd try the pure text printing like Peter suggested. If that works, then > the communication works. I'd then tackle the filtered printing. > > BTW, graphical printer tools often have a lot of options you can choose. > What options are there for your printer, and what options are you using? > > -Mark > > -- > Mark K. Kim > http://www.cbreak.org/mark/ > PGP key available upon request. > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > -- Sliante, Richard S. Crawford mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mossroot.com AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Yahoo!: rscrawford MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "When you have lost the ability to laugh at yourself, you have lost the ability to think straight." --Clarence Darrow "Push the button, Max!" _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
