On Thursday 19 March 2020 02:21:32 pm Michael Howard via trinity-users wrote: > On 19/03/2020 17:40, Michael wrote: > > On Thursday 19 March 2020 11:40:28 am Michael Howard via trinity-users wrote: > >> On 19/03/2020 16:27, Michael wrote: > >>> There’s nothing wrong with my 7 year old printer (which I now have to > >>> send files to a windows box to print...). > >> > >> Which printer is it? > > > > i-don't-know, make me walk to the printer closet to look will ya! > > > > Panasonic KX-MB2030 (Multi-Function Laser) > > Ah, a GDI printer. GDI is a microsoft system and the printer expects > most of the processing to be done from within Windows, so in this case, > it's really not the fault of CUPS but that of the printer really. Ah, but it use to print fine from CentOS 6 up to about 2016/2017. It wasn't even that hard to setup, extract some file(s) from the Win software, drop them into Linux, and CUPS just worked. Now CUPS flips you the bird and will no longer print to it. > > Eventually I want to try installing the Panasonic Windows print utility > > in a Windows VM. Would seem to be a complete waste, but *shrug* if it > > works, so be it... > > > > Anyone ever tried that (printing from a Windows VM on a Linux box)? > > If you have windows already, or with a new installation (either real or > virtual) just share the printer and let Windows do the processing. Cool! Thanks, Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
