Printer Sharing with Windows clients

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A windows XP networked printer does not print with an Epson CX3200 printer.(OTHERS?) Cups stops all print jobs before sending to the printer.

This mostly seems to be a problem with the selected print processor selected in th XP printer properties. It seems it can't understand what is being sent.

The workaround is to go to Start/Printers and faxes. Right click your printer and select properties. Click the advanced tab. Click the print processor button. Select LMMODIPRINT and set the data type to raw. Click OK all the way out. Reboot and hopefully yours will print like mine did. Dont try to test with print test page in the printer applet,it wont work. Test with an actual document.

Also make sure sys is checked in users control. Add "user" to the groups line in /etc/cups/cups.conf.

Enjoy!

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Tutorials for sharing printers to Linux & Windows clients