AIX printing to Lexmark printer on Windows Network 2

[Ronfogg]

hello:

Here's my latest dilemma. I have a Lexmark Optra T630 printer installed on our Windows 2K network. I must configure it on my AIX server to allow printing to it from AIX. I have configured/reconfigured the printer queue to no avail, I can see the spooler send the job to it's queue, but no output comes off the printer. Eventually the queue goes down logically. I did find out that Lexmark posts specific drivers for AIX for this printer. I downloaded them and installed them. Still no go. The printer is set up in SMIT as an 'IBM NETWORK PRINTER'. Any ideas?

 

[bi]

Can you print to other printers in your network? maybe this thread and the links to other thread in there may help: Thread52-199763.

 

[BobMCT]

Do you have Samba installed on the AIX system? If so you can create a queue where the backend driver is "smbclient" which will print over the windows share network to the printer.
See

http://www.samba.org

 

[Ronfogg]

For 'bi', 'BobMFDC', and the infamous 'AIXQUEEN'... many thanks for your posts in answer to my question. I didn't have to try the 'Samba queue' route, since 'bi's direction to 'aixqueen's information solved my problem. But I have both references for future projects. I anticipate that I will need them. Again, THANKS!