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[NMLUG] Linux and Windows printer drivers?
On Wednesday 29 August 2007 16:01:49 Jody Harris wrote:
> I was thinking that there was a way that Linux could leverage Windows
> printer drivers. I can't seem to find any coherent information on that.
>
> Was it just a dream?
>
> We have a Minolta photocopier/network printer at work that I would like
> to be able to print to. (As a quality-of-life thing.) Minolta doesn't
> publish Linux print drivers for that line of products, just for the
> desktop products.
>
> Is there any hope/help?
You may be able to get it working under Linux -- I'd exhaust that avenue
before moving on.
But if all else fails, run Windows as a print server in VM (QEMU or VMware)
on your Linux machine. This is a pain, but it pretty much always works.
--
Wesley J. Landaker <wjl at icecavern.net> <xmpp:wjl at icecavern.net>
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