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List:       jaxlug-list
Subject:    Re: VALinux - HP - SAMBA printing
From:       "Keith Burres,,," <kburres () valinux ! com>
Date:       2001-07-24 14:04:44
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There are 2 peices to the puzzle we have been working on Linux Printing 
and Samba printing.

For the linux Printing go to the HP.sourceforge.net stuff.  This 
included 3 major pieces - a hacked printttool which does autodetect on 
the wire or parallel port,  a hacked LPR which does some fancy PPD 
parsing , and then GPR which is a GUI based dialog box for accessing 
printer specific capabilites like stapling, duplexing.  Currently it is 
only tested on the 2.2 kernel distros.  Later this week we should 
announce some additional functionlity in that the products will support 
non-postscript printers using the foomatic ppd's (linuxprinting.org). 
and we are rolling as many 2.4 kernels as fast as we can.

On the Samba front the focus has been more on providing point and print 
capabilities like what is present in NT.  Windows client wants to print 
to new printer, needs driver, tells server, server gives driver to 
windows client.  We have also created a way for Sysadmins to go get the 
windows drivers (for HP printers today) through the use of Imprints 
(imprints.sourceforge.net).  Handy sys admin tool for retrieving windows 
drivers from imprints.samba.org.  Must be using Samba 2.2.

I hope that helps a little bit.  We're doing some other development but 
it's not ready for the light of day yet.  Give this a try and let me 
know what you think.

Art Wildman wrote:

> Keith where's that VALinux/HP - SAMBA printing stuff you mentioned awhile back?
> I've got to clean up some old HPjetadmin/direct and WindowsNT spools that are
> giving me fits. Been looking at this stuff...
> 
> http://pdq.sourceforge.net/
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/
> 
> 

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