PSC1210 and CUPS server
I just recently decided to put my PSC1210 on my linux server so I could share it with other people. I installed it using cups just fine, it's prints beautiful from the linux machine. However when I try and install the printer from Windows, it asks me for the INF file to install the driver. Not unfortunately HP doesn't include this INF, as they want you to install all their crap. I was curious if anyone else had any experience with this. Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines@gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 16:59 -0500, Chuck Haines wrote:
I just recently decided to put my PSC1210 on my linux server so I could share it with other people. I installed it using cups just fine, it's prints beautiful from the linux machine. However when I try and install the printer from Windows, it asks me for the INF file to install the driver. Not unfortunately HP doesn't include this INF, as they want you to install all their crap. I was curious if anyone else had any experience with this.
I am not sure whether this is the proper way to do it(ideologically and practically) but I remember installing ESP print pro on win machine to make it capable of printing via Internet Printing Protocol, IPP. Of course, do not forget to specify a list of allowed clients in /etc/cupsd.conf Baris
Also, be aware that Windows formats documents _before_ sending them to the printer, so when you have CUPS serving up a printer with Samba to Windows machines you need to tell the CUPS server to expect preformatted data: in /etc/cups/mime.types uncomment this line: #application/octet-stream in /etc/cups/mime.convs uncomment this line: #application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 - As for the INF file, you might just have to run the HP install program on one machine and try to figure out which INF file it installed for the printer. If you can find out which one is correct, you should be able to either copy it to the other Windows machines or configure CUPS/Samba to push the driver to the Windows clients when they add the printer. -James
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 16:59 -0500, Chuck Haines wrote:
I just recently decided to put my PSC1210 on my linux server so I could share it with other people. I installed it using cups just fine, it's prints beautiful from the linux machine. However when I try and install the printer from Windows, it asks me for the INF file to install the driver. Not unfortunately HP doesn't include this INF, as they want you to install all their crap. I was curious if anyone else had any experience with this.
I am not sure whether this is the proper way to do it(ideologically and practically) but I remember installing ESP print pro on win machine to make it capable of printing via Internet Printing Protocol, IPP.
Of course, do not forget to specify a list of allowed clients in /etc/cupsd.conf
Baris
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On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 04:59:23PM -0500, Chuck Haines wrote:
I just recently decided to put my PSC1210 on my linux server so I could share it with other people. I installed it using cups just fine, it's prints beautiful from the linux machine. However when I try and install the printer from Windows, it asks me for the INF file to install the driver. Not unfortunately HP doesn't include this INF, as they want you to install all their crap. I was curious if anyone else had any experience with this.
Chuck
<snip> Hmmm... I thought you'd need to set up Samba. When you configure Samba, there's a place where you can store the setup files for a printer so that a Windows box can get them from there. I've never done the driver directory setup myself -- it's one of those things I never get around to doing. Bill
I actually ended up figuring out a way to get it to work. Aparently HP doesn't ship the INF file that is required, they force you to use their stupid setup program, which assumes the printer is locally connected. So since I had the print drivers installed in cups and samba set up for the printers, I was able to install an Adobe Generic Postscript printer and point it to the samba printer. It seems to work fine since the all processing is done on the linux machine. Thanks for everyone's help. On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:17:11 -0500, Bill Mills-Curran <bill@mills-curran.net> wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 04:59:23PM -0500, Chuck Haines wrote:
I just recently decided to put my PSC1210 on my linux server so I could share it with other people. I installed it using cups just fine, it's prints beautiful from the linux machine. However when I try and install the printer from Windows, it asks me for the INF file to install the driver. Not unfortunately HP doesn't include this INF, as they want you to install all their crap. I was curious if anyone else had any experience with this.
Chuck
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Hmmm... I thought you'd need to set up Samba. When you configure Samba, there's a place where you can store the setup files for a printer so that a Windows box can get them from there. I've never done the driver directory setup myself -- it's one of those things I never get around to doing.
Bill
-- Chuck Haines chaines@gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt
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