Re: tlug: printer problems

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Eric Standlee and Family wrote:

> Yep, I figured out that my printer is a windows printer.  I bought it last
> year without thinking.
> 
> My question is:  the help file on the Win95 driver states that I can print
> to a file and then copy that to LPT1 in DOS.  If this is so, why can I not
> do that in Linux?  Is the printer driver loading even in DOS?

well, if you go to a DOS prompt from Windows, the win95 drivers are all
still loaded, and you probably have an lpt1: capture set in your printer
driver.

> 
> Another question:  Can something created in Linux be printed to a file on a
> vfat partition and then printed in Win95?  Is there a better way than this?
> 

yes, it can.  Just have it output postscript and then open print manager
and drop it in there.  That SHOULD work, although I've had problems where
Windows 95 doesn't know what good postscript is... so... let us know if it
works :)

> I was also thinking about installing the printer driver and printer on my
> laptop, networking my laptop running win3.1 with the desktop running Linux
> and print spool to the laptop via Samba.  But, I noticed that the HOWTO on
> Samba (Print2 Win) only mentions Win95 and NT...  Anything there?
> 

Samba will not work with regular Win 3.1 - it will work with 'Windows for
Workgroups' 3.1, which was sort of the predecessor to Win95.

> Beyond all of that, I guess that the only other solution is to buy another
> printer for Linux.  Are there any cheap places out here in Nara, or Osaka
> that you Tokyo guys know of?  And, will buying a printer here in Japan for
> a American system mean that I have to ask questions regarding the
> compatibility with my system?  In other words, do the plugs and things
> match up with the American standards?  I was told that there was a problem
> with NEC/Fujitsu and other printers not being able to be used because of
> such problem...

I've seen color inkjets in Shinjuku for sale for under 2万円.

> 
> TIA,
> Eric S. Standlee
> e-w.standlee@example.com 
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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
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After June 13, the next meeting is 8 August at Tokyo Station
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