Re: samba printing format-not-supported

[Edward <edward tripled iinet net au>]

David L wrote:

> I was able to print from a w2k machine to my FC2-test1 printer via 
> samba.  I installed (new installation, not an upgrade) FC2 and now I get 
> the following error trying to print from w2k:
>
> Unable to print file to deskjet840c - 
> client-error-document-format-not-supported
>
> The smb.conf file is identical to the one that worked, so I assume it's 
> a printer setup problem, but I don't remember doing anything special in 
> test1 to get the printer working with samba.  Any ideas of what's wrong?
>
> Thanks:     David
>
>
> PS - Sorry if this is a repeat... I didn't see my earlier message appear 
> on the list.

If you're using CUPS (you didn't specify), then you may have to enable 
the RAW printing?

Regards,
Ed.