--- On Thu, 7/31/08, Luke -Jr luke@dashjr.org wrote:
From: Luke -Jr luke@dashjr.org Subject: Re: win95/98/ME and printers. An ethics issue comparable to DRM servers or not? To: kclug@kclug.org Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 3:43 PM On Thursday 31 July 2008, David Nicol wrote:
configured as networked printer driver
Windows 98 (and newer AFAIK) requires printer-specific drivers even to print to a network printer. Good luck with that idea.
Not entirely true. If you select a Generic Postscript printer (or even a specific one) you can set up the Linux Samba server to accept Postscript printing from network computers. Windows 98 comes with several Postscript printer drivers standard, and Linux can accept a Postscript printer output and send it on to the attached printer.
Even if that doesn't work, you can also print to File using a Postscript printer selection from the standard Windows 98 printer drivers, and then copy over the files to the server for printing.