Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:05:36 -0500 From: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samba and APSFilter Message-ID: <19980106090536.22332@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980106080024.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>; from Patrick Gardella on Tue, Jan 06, 1998 at 07:55:01AM -0500 References: <19980106000542.54451@emu.sourcee.com> <XFMail.980106080024.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
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On Tue, Jan 06, 1998 at 07:55:01AM -0500, Patrick Gardella wrote: > > On 06-Jan-98 Norman C Rice wrote: > >On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 12:02:39PM -0500, Patrick Gardella wrote: > >> Greetings all! > >> > >> I've installed samba 1.9.17p5 onto my FreeBSD 2.2.1 machine. I am printing > >to > >> a Lexmark Optra S 1650 printer (a Postcript Level 2 printer) on a Win95 > >> machine. I'd like to use apsfilter to print to it, for everything except > >> Postscript. > > > >Apsfilter will detect a postscript document and pass it directly to a > >postscript printer. > > I didn't explain clearly enough. (My fault!) The printer is attached to a > Win95 machine. I want to use samba and apsfilter on FreeBSD to print to that > printer. > > I am printing to it now as postscript only (using a print filter I wrote), but > I'd like to use apsfilter to translate documents for me into postscript. > > I'd love to be able to move the printer to the FreeBSD box. That would make it > so much simpler, but the client wants the new printer on his desk, not in the > backroom. > > > Patrick You did clearly state state that the printer was *on* a Win95 machine; I guess it was just wishful thinking on my part. :-( Is there any chance that this printer has a network connection or that you can put a netport on it? The benefits are great, including faster print speed, being able to use the FreeBSD box for print spooling, and being able to easily access the printer from remote sites (home). I have used the Intel netports successfully in similar applications and the "customer" has been very impressed with the performance. Of course, this implies experience with the parallel port method where the office shares the resources of their Win95 box. BTW. Hopefully, your customer doesn't get headaches from the laser printer fumes -- believe me it happens, however, it's more prevalent with the color lasers and lasers with energy saving power modes. -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr.
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