How to install a printer in Slackware 10?

gbonvehi · 09-30-2004, 01:17 PM

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PostScript.html

If your printer isn't Postscript it should be really old (like my dot matrix printer :P)

xushi · 09-30-2004, 01:25 PM

Out of curiosity, how would you share your printer in samba, so that any windows user can use it to print? I had trouble with that, because whenever a person tries to "add a network printer" in windows, it attempts to "install the drivers" and fails afterwards.

i tried
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes

gbonvehi · 09-30-2004, 01:27 PM

Just install the drivers when it's asked to (tell it to not try to get them from the server but from the ones you downloded for windows)

xushi · 09-30-2004, 01:36 PM

Tried that too, All it does is just say its printing, and never does =)

I wonder if i should set public = yes

gbonvehi · 09-30-2004, 01:48 PM

Maybe that's the trick, this is how I share a printer with a Linux and two Win machines:

Code:

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
   public = yes
   guest ok = yes
   writable = no
   printable = yes
   printer admin = root

suslik · 09-30-2004, 06:25 PM

I thought windows can use IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) (CUPS is an implementation of IPP) directly.

Theoretically,
1. Point to an IP address
2. Install Windows printer driver.

chwpenguin · 09-30-2004, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xushi
Easiest way is through CUPS

go to your internet browser and type
http://localhost:631

You will try this URL instead

http://127.0.0.1:631

Because default config file in CUPS allow loopback IP Address (127.0.0.1) only for connect to CUPS Service. :-)

Rhatlinux · 10-01-2004, 06:42 AM

Well I set up my printer and it works. However I didn't check postscript. Would there be a difference in quality?

suslik · 10-01-2004, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rhatlinux
Well I set up my printer and it works. However I didn't check postscript. Would there be a difference in quality?

Your printer has to support PostScript for you to enable it. I dont think yours supports it. Check the Epson drivers for windows. See if it has drivers for PCL 5e/6, PostScript - or just a generic driver. If the printer is a cheapy (consumer level) chances of PostScript support are very slim.