Will Dyson on Tue, 29 Apr 2003 00:26:54 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Cheap Linux Tablet PCs


On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 22:08, Jeff 'Jephree' Mealo wrote:

> Off-topic: Printing from Slackware 9 using Samba to an HP Deskjet 3820 on 
> Windows XP... Fun?
> 
> (Why isnt there just a Samba printer driver you load, as a parent driver and 
> you can use child drivers for it on non *nix O/Ses that support the hardware 
> that'll be used. Or has this already been done?)

As it happens, I learned how to do this today. The tool is called
smbspool, and on debian it is part of the smbclient package. It
integrates well with cups (link it to /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb, and
cupsd treats it as any other transport to the printer).

-- 
Will Dyson
"Back off man, I'm a scientist!" -Dr. Peter Venkman

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