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Samba printer drivers.
I placed a cheap USB printer on my small Seagate Goflex home NAS (firmware replaced by standard Debian Linux install) and shared it with Samba. In CUPS I set it as RAW format and Windows clients need to install a driver to print to it.

I could install drivers on the Linux machine; in fact I did for a moment but didn't test it and have since removed them.

So the question is, if I do, would windows clients still insist on rendering print jobs locally and requiring a driver? It seems complicated to get them installed into the print$ share to automatically install.

It's not a big deal, I've only a limited number of computers in my house (at least I've not filled the class C DHCP range yet Smilie) and installing the driver-only package from the web is not an issue.
 
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hp-firmware

hp-firmware(1)							   User Manuals 						    hp-firmware(1)

NAME

       hp-firmware - Firmware Download Utility

DESCRIPTION

       Download firmware to a device that requires downloaded firmware to function. (Note: Most printers do not require the use of this utility).

SYNOPSIS

       hp-firmware [DEVICE_URI|PRINTER_NAME] [MODE] [OPTIONS]

PRINTER
|DEVICE-URI
       To specify a device-URI:
	      -d<device-uri> or --device=<device-uri>

       To specify a CUPS printer:
	      -p<printer> or --printer=<printer>

MODE

       Run in graphical UI mode:
	      -u or --gui (Default)

       Run in interactive mode:
	      -i or --interactive

       Run in non-interactive mode:
	      -n or --non-interactive

OPTIONS

       Use Qt4:
	      --qt4 (Default)

       Set the logging level:
	      -l<level> or --logging=<level> <level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug (*default)

       Run in debug mode:
	      -g (same as option: -ldebug)

       This help information:
	      -h or --help

       Use USB IDs to specify printer:
	      -s bbb:ddd, where bbb is the USB bus ID and ddd is the USB device ID. The ':' and all leading zeroes must be present.

       Seconds to delay before download:
	      -y<secs> or --delay=<secs> (float value, e.g. 0.5)

SEE ALSO

       hp-plugin hp-toolbox

AUTHOR

       HPLIP  (Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing) is an HP developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser
       based printers in Linux.

REPORTING BUGS

       The HPLIP Launchpad.net site https://launchpad.net/hplip is available to get help, report bugs, make suggestions, discuss the HPLIP project
       or otherwise contact the HPLIP Team.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2001-14 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

       This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See
       COPYING file for more details.

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