Re: samba and pdfs

> > [Cannon560]
> >         public = yes
> >         writable = no
> >         printable = yes
> >         path = /var/spool/samba
> >         use client driver = Yes

> >         On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 12:20 -0700, Sean Roe wrote:
> >         > Hi All,
> >         >
> >         > I am trying to print a pdf from an XP workstation to my
> >         samba shared
> >         > printer attached to a fedora core 9 server.  I can print
> >         other kinds
> >         > of docs from each workstation (email, spreadsheets, pictures
> >         and the
> >         > like) but for some reason I cant print PDFs.  The printer is
> >         a canon
> >         > i560 on the lpt port,  I have tried different PDFs and even
> >         different
> >         > clients (Adobe and Foxit Reader) and the same behavior
> >         happens: the
> >         > priniting dialog comes up I accept it, it starts the
> >         printing progress
> >         > bar, sits in that state for approx minute and then returns
> >         like it
> >         > worked.   If sombody could point me to a resource, I have
> >         spent an
> >         > hour looking on the web to no avail, I would be most
> >         thankful.

> >         ----
> >         generally, I use windows native print drivers and set up cups
> >         to give me
> >         a 'raw' printer that just allows the windows native print
> >         driver to work
> >         without putting print code through the ghostscript
> >         interpreter.

> >         You don't say how you are actually printing so it's hard to
> >         give you
> >         anything specific here.

> >         In general, a PDF should print just like any other document.

> >         Craig
> ----
> well the whole point of RAW printing and native print driver is that the
> only place to lay blame for printing issues is the print driver itself
> because RAW merely passes the packets through as they are received and
> does absolutely nothing to alter them.