[PLUG] Samba problem...

Michael Robinson plug_1 at robinson-west.com
Thu Aug 13 01:00:08 UTC 2009


On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 22:08 -0700, Michael Robinson wrote:
> The client is Windows 2000 professional and the software program is
> Family Tree Maker 2009.  My dad has an HP Deskjet 9800 hooked up to his
> Fedora Core 9 computer running samba 3.  He has paper that is special,
> it is wider and longer than letter paper.  How does he print to large
> format paper?  Under Fedora's printer administration applet, the print
> administration default has been set to custom, but that doesn't seem to
> be the trick.  I believe the printer driver on the Linux side is CUPS.
> 
> Another weird thing, my CentOS 5 box doesn't see the printer.
> 
> Are there special samba parameters that are needed so that he can
> print to his large format paper?
> 
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Does nobody know how to use large paper on a samba based network 
printer from a Windows client?  I have seen no replies and it has 
been 2 days.  Is this too unusual for people?  He wants to print 
family trees out on much larger paper than what one typically 
uses.  If I don't figure this out, he is going to demand that 
the printer be taken off of the Linux box and put on a Windows 
machine.  I'd prefer not to do that.




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