Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 00:34:29 -0700 From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Printing to Windows machine via Samba smbclient Message-ID: <34B87604.2E665BAD@xmission.com>
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We got a new PostScript laser printer for Christmas. It actually
belongs to my wife, for FrameMaker on her Win95/NT machine. I, of
course, want to use it from FreeBSD also.
I searched the archives and couldn't find any simple solutions to this,
so I plunged in and got it working myself. It only took me 10 minutes,
but I thought I should share it with anyone else, just in case.
First, the printcap entry:
ps|lp4|PostScript printer via network:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sd=/var/spool/ps:\
:lf=/var/spool/ps/log:\
:af=/var/spool/ps/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/bin/psprint:\
:mx#0:\
:sf:\
:sh:
All pretty straightforward. The input filter, /usr/local/bin/psprint,
is a simple shell script:
#! /bin/sh
#
# Print files to the PostScript laser print on our Win95 machine.
# Prints our standard input to the shared printer via SMB.
smbclient \\\\anchor\\okidata "" -P -U wes -c 'print -'
where \\anchor\okidata is the SMB server name and share name for the
print service, and wes is a user on anchor that doesn't require a
password (otherwise put the password where the null string "" is).
Make the /var/spool/ps directory, touch the /var/spool/ps/log file,
and make both owned by bin.daemon. lpc start ps and you're off and
printing!
BTW, this is an Okidate OL 610e/PS I got from WebAuction for $182. The
output seems very nice, and the PostScript interpreter seems to handle
anything I throw at it, since I crammed a 16Mb FPM SIMM in it. Anyone
out there have any Cheers or Jeers for this printer?
Please respond via e-mail, since I don't regularly subscribe to questions
anymore.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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