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From: Con Sultant <jkane@execpc.com>
Subject: Canon printer with SAMBA and local printing
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I have added my Canon LPB4 from a WFW machine to my FreeBSD server for
convience. I did not leave the WFW machine on all the time. I want to
use it as both my default printer for the FreeBSD box, and still share
it out to the SAMBA clients (WFW, LanMan/DOS, and Win95.) I have gotten
it to work OK with the clients, but it does the (as advertised) stair
stepping when ever a header page prints, or when I use it as a local
printer. Being a small home based office setup, I can live without the
header pages.
What I would like, is to set up some kind of filter to use on the "lp"
printer to get it to print without changing the printer setup from the
control panel each time. I am sure this is a FAQ question, but it did
not offer any solutions other than the Front panel answer. Any new
ideas since FAQ was written? I tried the HP filter shown in the
Handbook, but it printed the literal text instead of performing the esc
codes first. This is a pre PCL Canon printer, and only talks the Cpsl
(sp?) that Canon had before coming to agreement with HP.
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