Re: Sharing a Printer

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> I have a Canon MP150 printer for which unfortunately no linux drivers
> exist.
>
> Would it still be possible to use CUPS & SAMBA to share this printer
> with Windows client, i.e. the printer connected to my linux box
> (somehow - maybe with a generic driver) and shared on my LAN using
> SAMBA. Then printing from a Win XP client using the windows driver???

Yes, CUPS/SAMBA is suitable for any printer, because you can use the "raw
protocol" on the client station and so it use the client print drivers (in
fact the client "calculate" the printer image of the pages and the print
server pass throw all this).

Regards

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