Robert Harris wrote:

> 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

Thanks Robert. Leave it with me for a while.

Doug.
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