On 13/09/2006 04:14, "Walter Faleiro" <curtorkar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have Redhat 9 Linux. A windows XP system is on the network which has a hp
> 4100 printer shared.
>> The following command works to print a text file.
>> cat filename | smbclient //server/printer -c "print -"
>> But I cannot print other document format like pdf, staroffice.
>> I tried the following link
>>http://excess.org/docs/linux_windows_printing.html>> and these commands
>> ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb
>> ln -s `which smbspool` /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb
>>> /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p Laser -v parallel:/dev/lp0 -P /root/laser.ppd
> /usr/bin/enable Laser
> /usr/sbin/accept Laser
> /usr/sbin/lpadmin -d Laser
>> Where laser.ppd is the device drive for the specific printer taken
> from linuxprint.org
>>> But still the printer prints Garbage.
>>> Can someone suggest on anything I missed out?
Have you tried updating cups? Since its RH9 I imagine its well old.
Could be rubbish though, I never print anything (paperless office)
>> Regards,
> --Walter
Conor,.
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