The windows workstations simply send a pre-formatted file to the samba server, samba simply sends this "ready-and-formatted " file from the windows boxes and sends them to the printer.
No matter what printer you connect to a linux box running a samba server, all the windows workstations will print to the samba server as far as the drivers on each windows WS are correctly installed and configured. You may even make a copy of the newest driver to the samba server and setup it to offer these drivers automatically to the clients.
Read the samba documentation, read the "Using Samba" and "The Samba HOWTO Collection", they are all available freely from samba website (www.samba.org) and have fun :)
Best regards, Mauricio
Tony Gogoi wrote:
Hello,
I have read about the virtues of Samba and am interested in migrating to that.
I was just curious if there can be windows print or file sharing problems if the printers (including color printer) are managed by linux.
Or would it be better to install printers on an unused Windows workgroup PC instead ?
Thanks, Tony
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