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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions Samba printer drivers. Post 302675641 by Corona688 on Monday 23rd of July 2012 11:19:03 AM

07-23-2012

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I haven't had much luck getting CUPS and SAMBA to share a printer driver.

In fact, I haven't had much luck with CUPS and printing altogether. Some things you'd consider very basic functionality, like being able to select '2' in the print job and get it to print 2 copies, are undisclosed proprietary Windows printing extensions which don't work in Samba+CUPS ( or didn't at the time I used it ).

I found it far less headache to just get a proper network printer instead of trying to share a cheap inkjet. I don't regret it for a second.

You could also use a really old laptop with XP for printer sharing and the like. Pre-wifi laptops are pretty much worthless now but could be used for such a purpose.

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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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