OT - linux printing

[Bob Rasmussen]

It might make a difference what model of printer it is. 

Frankly I'm a little suprised this works at all, with a USB-connected 
printer. You need to understand that the printing mechanism is much 
different printing from Linux vs. printing from Windows. When printing 
from (most) Windows programs, the printer driver is used, and it sends 
a series of commands to the printer. When you print from Linux, you're 
just sending a stream of text to the printer, similar to in the old days 
when in DOS you would do
   COPY filename LPT1
Bottom line: it may not work with this printer. 

For a robust solution, check out our Print Wizard product. You could 
install a "remote printer" into Linux, and run a Print Wizard LPD service 
on Windows to emulate a printer, receive jobs, and properly format them to 
the printer. Plain text will be auto-fit.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012, calvin covington wrote:

> Hi..  I've tried all I know (which isn't that much!)
> 
> I have a brother laser printer connected via usb to an XP .. and shared
> as a samba printer on my Centos5.0 linux server.
> 
> >From the xp,  I can print very long inventory listings, etc., in
> Quickbooks with no problem   From filepro on the linux server,  the
> print jobs quit after 3 pages..   I tried printing a large text file
> from linux, and it quit after about the same number of lines of print
> (just short of three pages)  So, it's not filePro...
> 
> I've increased the printers ram from the stock 2MB to 34MB... had zero
> effect on the amount of a linux job that will print. 
> 
> I'm at a loss....
> 
> 
> 
> 
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