how to make cups use windows divers on smb?
Kurt Pfeifle
kurt.pfeifle at infotec.com
Tue May 22 02:46:50 PDT 2007
> im searching for some way to configure cups to print the jobs not
> using it own drivers but the drivers on the printer host server
> (let the other os handle with printing -- in this case windows).
Yes, the drivers will be used on the Windows clients in a way that generates the final spool file in the format the printer consumes. The CUPS server is used for spooling only in this case.
[....]
> i guess im missing something.
Maybe this info here?
--> http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/classicalprinting.html
--> http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/CUPS-printing.html
and specifically this:
--> http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/CUPS-printing.html#id394063
Cheers,
Kurt
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Kurt Pfeifle
System & Network Printing Consultant ---- Linux/Unix/Windows/Samba/CUPS
Infotec Deutschland GmbH - A RICOH Company .......... Stuttgart/Germany
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