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Printing over SMB: changing printer-settings
Trying to print PDF-files out of a Java-client to a printer (installed on
Windows XP Professional) using the SMB-protocol. Works fine as long as the printer is capable of reading PDF and as long as I use the default paper-tray. Now my questions a can SMB influence printer-settings (like the paper tray)? Or is it just possible to transfer a file A to a printer-share B? Might I need to access the drivers in order to achieve these settings, so that I can send over SMB in a printer-specific format rather than in pure PDF? Thanks, Michael Nastvogel |
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Printing over SMB: changing printer-settings
If you just copying the data to the PDF capable device then you will not
need a print driver since the device reads PDF as a PDL (printer description language). If you use the print driver to print the PDF and change settings, the PDL will change to the one which the driver is using (typically Postscript or PCL). SMB is just a transport layer on top of the base network layer, it does not have the ability to change printer settings. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Michael Nastvogel" wrote in message ... Trying to print PDF-files out of a Java-client to a printer (installed on Windows XP Professional) using the SMB-protocol. Works fine as long as the printer is capable of reading PDF and as long as I use the default paper-tray. Now my questions a can SMB influence printer-settings (like the paper tray)? Or is it just possible to transfer a file A to a printer-share B? Might I need to access the drivers in order to achieve these settings, so that I can send over SMB in a printer-specific format rather than in pure PDF? Thanks, Michael Nastvogel |
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Printing over SMB: changing printer-settings
If you just copying the data to the PDF capable device then you will not
need a print driver since the device reads PDF as a PDL (printer description language). If you use the print driver to print the PDF and change settings, the PDL will change to the one which the driver is using (typically Postscript or PCL). SMB is just a transport layer on top of the base network layer, it does not have the ability to change printer settings. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Michael Nastvogel" wrote in message ... Trying to print PDF-files out of a Java-client to a printer (installed on Windows XP Professional) using the SMB-protocol. Works fine as long as the printer is capable of reading PDF and as long as I use the default paper-tray. Now my questions a can SMB influence printer-settings (like the paper tray)? Or is it just possible to transfer a file A to a printer-share B? Might I need to access the drivers in order to achieve these settings, so that I can send over SMB in a printer-specific format rather than in pure PDF? Thanks, Michael Nastvogel |
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