Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> Robert Harris wrote:
>
>> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>>> I have just replaced my Epson multifunction with one by Brother. The
>>> Epson went well with installed drivers, and I was able to print to it
>>> from my wife's laptop (Windows XP) using Samba, winsteng.exe and the PPD
>>> file.
>>>
>>> Drivers for the Brother MFC are a download from Brother's Web site, but
>>> winsteng.exe didn't like the PPD file, and the Company's Support line
>>> tell me that winsteng.exe is not supported.
>>>
>>> Can I tell the laptop to use the downloaded driver on my Linux box under
>>> Samba? If so, how?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Doug.
>> Yes you can - you need cupsaddsmb which is part of the cups distribution.
>>
>> Robert
>
> Thanks. Still playing with it. I have several HOWTOs, and they are all
> different. One gives a procedure identical to the one with cupsaddsmb,
> another says that cupsaddsmb works only with the printers listed in the
> docs. winsteng.exe wanted a "Level 2" ppd file. It seems to be more for
> Win98, but it ran the Epson under XP. Thankfully, the config is used only
> rarely.
>
> Doug

"man cupsaddsmb" tells you more or less the whole story.

Robert