On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:

>  Sorry (here's the breif version):
>
> 1) Troubleshoot:  "What is it - what is it not?"
>
> What do your logs say?
>
> Example [...]
> 2) Verify Cups PDF settings: "Divide and conquer.."
>
> What changed?  Did you upgrade any drivers?
> [...]
> Reference:  http://port25.technet.com/videos/winlinchapter.pdf
>
> 3) Challenge your Assumptions:  "PDF - some printer drivers don't support
> PDF..."
>
> Have you EVER been able to print to a PDF?
>
> http://www.linux.com/feature/61826
>
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/  - check features of drivers here.
>
> 4)  Other information:  "Did you know..."
>
> cups-pdf will allow you to print to a PDF.
>
> Did you know you can also use Ghostscript to create a psuedo printer device
> to print directly to a PDF from a Windows based system using Samba?
>
> Reference:
> http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:_mv73Q9Q0EUJ:www.reverendlinux.com/linux/mpdf.pdf+XP+workstation+to+my+samba+shared+pdf+format&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us&client=firefox-a
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> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:13:08 -0700
> From: eric.cope@gmail.com
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: samba and pdfs
>
> Or switching between pcl and ps drivers. That has stopped by ability to
> print pdfs before.
> Eric
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 13:32 -0700, Sean Roe wrote:
> > I guess some more details would be helpful:
> >
> > I am using a raw printer: here is the samba.conf lines that are
> > important:
> >
> > cups options = raw
> > printing = cups
> > local master = Yes
> > printcap name = cups
> > security = share
> > printer = Cannon560
> > load printers = yes
> >
> > [Cannon560]
> >         public = yes
> >         writable = no
> >         printable = yes
> >         path = /var/spool/samba
> >         use client driver = Yes
> >
> > I am using the Canon i560 driver on the Windows boxes
>
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >         On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 12:20 -0700, Sean Roe wrote:
> >         > Hi All,
> >         >
> >         > I am trying to print a pdf from an XP workstation to my
> >         samba shared
> >         > printer attached to a fedora core 9 server.  I can print
> >         other kinds
> >         > of docs from each workstation (email, spreadsheets, pictures
> >         and the
> >         > like) but for some reason I cant print PDFs.  The printer is
> >         a canon
> >         > i560 on the lpt port,  I have tried different PDFs and even
> >         different
> >         > clients (Adobe and Foxit Reader) and the same behavior
> >         happens: the
> >         > priniting dialog comes up I accept it, it starts the
> >         printing progress
> >         > bar, sits in that state for approx minute and then returns
> >         like it
> >         > worked.   If sombody could point me to a resource, I have
> >         spent an
> >         > hour looking on the web to no avail, I would be most
> >         thankful.
> >
> >         ----
> >         generally, I use windows native print drivers and set up cups
> >         to give me
> >         a 'raw' printer that just allows the windows native print
> >         driver to work
> >         without putting print code through the ghostscript
> >         interpreter.
> >
> >         You don't say how you are actually printing so it's hard to
> >         give you
> >         anything specific here.
> >
> >         In general, a PDF should print just like any other document.
> >
> >         Craig
> ----
> well the whole point of RAW printing and native print driver is that the
> only place to lay blame for printing issues is the print driver itself
> because RAW merely passes the packets through as they are received and
> does absolutely nothing to alter them.
>
> You might want to check Canon for a more recent driver or their support
> pages for solving this issue.
>
> Craig
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This may be off base, and/or a little late, but
http://www.prepressure.com/
looks like it has some helpful info... "such as":
     http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics
HTH,
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz@acm.org