Re: samba, CUPS and Windows

2008-03-17 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Well, I played a bit with it a bit more. I managed to install it with the IPP (http://servername:631/printer/ etc), but that has caused my Windows Print spooler service to bump 99% CPU usage (I checked, nothing is in C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\PRINTERS). So, I'm going to put the printer connect

Re: samba, CUPS and Windows

2008-03-17 Thread Noam Rathaus
Hi, What worked for me was actually tell Windows to use "Microsoft" RAW driver (listed under Microsoft as the vendor). CUPS is smart enough to know how to use it. On Monday 17 March 2008 14:21:16 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Geoff, > > Thanks for your help and links, but I still seem to have 1 proble

Re: samba, CUPS and Windows

2008-03-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 02:21:16PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Geoff, > > Thanks for your help and links, but I still seem to have 1 problem: I > can see the printer in windows, it shows the generic (crappy) driver, > but whenever I try to print the Windows test page, all I get is the > postscri

Re: samba, CUPS and Windows

2008-03-17 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Geoff, Thanks for your help and links, but I still seem to have 1 problem: I can see the printer in windows, it shows the generic (crappy) driver, but whenever I try to print the Windows test page, all I get is the postscript text printed, not the test page itself.. Thanks, Hetz On Mon, Mar 17,

Re: samba, CUPS and Windows

2008-03-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:04:12PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > I'm looking for a configuration to print from Windows to my new Office > Jet which is connected to my Linux box. I can use the CUPS driver, but > I prefer to use the native HP drivers. Only thing is that I didn't > find any explanatio

samba, CUPS and Windows

2008-03-17 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, I'm looking for a configuration to print from Windows to my new Office Jet which is connected to my Linux box. I can use the CUPS driver, but I prefer to use the native HP drivers. Only thing is that I didn't find any explanation of WHAT to put in /etc/samba/drivers, why do i need to work with