cupsaddsmb supports windows nt?
Christoph Litauer
litauer at uni-koblenz.de
Wed Mar 23 08:08:54 PST 2005
>> Well, so it would be wise to use the 2000 drivers and tell my NT users
>> they should upgrade. But there is another issue -- perhaps you can
>> help once more?
>> The adobe drivers as well as the "old" cups windows drivers (cups.dll
>> etc.) supported a "Number up"-option -- independent from any
>> definitions in the printers ppd file. I can't find this option using
>> the new 2k drivers except for printers that define a HPNup feature in
>> its ppd file.
>> Some ppd's define a HPNup feature, some do not. My students often want
>> to use nup printing on all kinds of printers.
>> So whats up with the "old" cups drivers: Should I use them? Is there
>> another way (except for copying the HPNup section in every ppd file) to
>> offer nup printing?
>
> IIRC, the Win2k drivers already provide a number-up option; if not,
> we can just export the CUPS number-up option as a PPD option like
> we do for the job-hold-until and other options.
>
Well ... hmhm ... well ... I am so sorry ... ;-)
The option is in the main printer dialog not under "extended ... " as
before. I just overlooked it. Sorry and many thanks again!
--
Regards
Christoph
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