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Author: Sean Roe
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: lprng
Hi All,

Well I got it figured out. Bad version of Samba was the culprit. I
upgraded samba and the issue went away. I still like lprng though

Thanks,
Sean

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Bob Elzer <> wrote:
> I'd say it is a print configuration on linux side problem.
>
> Have you tried deleting print on XP and adding it again ?
>
> You haven't mentioned what type of printer you have, and what kind of
> connection.
>
> With CUPS I set up a queue, pick a driver and share the printer, I also have
> a tab for changing printer options. and an info button to tell me about the
> driver and printer.
>
> Any job I print pretty much goes through ghostscript. Not sure if pdf's do
> too.
>
> Are you sure you've picked the correct driver for your printer ?
>
> Which driver did you select ?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Sean Roe
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 8:52 PM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: lprng
>
> well I am back to where I started except now I'm using lprng. I can print
> text, docs and images from my windows XP pro box to my printer on my linux
> box, but still no PDFs. huh, well that leads me to think that its a samba
> thing or maybe a mime types thing. Any comments?
>
> Sean
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Craig White <> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 15:01 -0700, Sean Roe wrote:
>>> the combo of cups and samba wont print pdf correctly so I figure Id
>>> try something else.
>> ----
>> I do this frequently and do not have problems doing this.
>>
>> I have many offices printing entirely via cups shared spooler via
>> samba to all of the Windows users and if they couldn't print PDF
>> files, I would surely know.
>>
>> Craig
>>
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