[ale] Windows drivers for my printer so I can use my linux samba server?

[Robert L. Harris]

The problem is that when I tried to install it over the network it
wouldn't get the drivers from my linux box and wouldn't load it from CD
or the .exe you download from hp.com.

I did get it working though.  Basically install the .exe on my wife's
laptop so the drivers are on disk.  Then install the networked printer
and when it asks a model just pick some random HP (hp support said the
deskjet 550C should be a default compatability if missing a couple small
features).  Once the printer is installed just right click it and change
the driver.  The PSC Driver was available and is working great.

Robert



Thus spake James P. Kinney III (jkinney at localnetsolutions.com):

> >
> >
> > Problem:  I have an HP PSC 1610 that works GREAT with linux and cups.
> > Linux boxes all print to it without blinking.  I tried to set it up for
> > my wife's windows laptop (required for school, don't bother) but the
> > laptop can't find the drivers.  I went to hp.com and found drivers that
> > don't support the network and when I told the laptop to use those
> > drivers it just gave me a blank stare...  I installed the printer
> > localling and it worked, then tried going back to the network/samba
> > setup and it couldn't find the drivers again.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas?  I'm currently stuck booting my desktop into
> > windows whenever she wants to print...
> >
> 
> It shouldn't need a special "network" driver to remote print to a shared
> printer. Make sure the winders laptop is one the same workgroup as the
> samba server and browse for the printer from the printer setup. You will
> need to select "network printer" "attached to another windows machine" (or
> something along those lines.
> 
> If it _still_ won't work, blunder$ does support ipp (it's what CUPS was
> written to do). You'll need to lie a bit on the driver setup page and tell
> it's a local printer, don't search. create new port, create a new tcp
> port, and give it the IP address of the samba server it's attached to.
> Somewhere in that mess of screens you can tell it it is an IPP style
> printer (or maybe you have to set a port 631).
> 
> Double check that samba is running and that all printers are shared out.
> 
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > :wq!
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      These are MY OPINIONS             With Dreams To Be A King,
       ALONE.  I speak for              First One Should Be A Man
       no-one else.                       - Manowar

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