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Re: [PLUG] Cheap Linux Tablet PCs
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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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