{"id":185,"date":"2010-09-30T18:44:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T23:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/?p=185"},"modified":"2010-10-04T20:25:28","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:25:28","slug":"connecting-to-a-network-samba-pdf-converter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2010\/09\/30\/connecting-to-a-network-samba-pdf-converter\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting to a network Samba PDF converter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samba.org\/\">Samba team<\/a> does not supply any existing PDF drivers for connecting Windows machines to networked PDF converters such as cups-pdf. As a result, the technique to print to the PDF &#8220;printer&#8221; involves using the drivers for the built-in Windows HP LaserJet. Here is a step-by-step method to print to PDF from your Windows computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A set-up, ready to connect networked virtual PDF converter. This article will only cover connecting, not setting it up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the &#8220;Add Printer&#8221; dialogue in Windows. Specify Network printer when asked.<\/li>\n<li>Fill out the path to your networked PDF printer as follows: <strong>\\\\&lt;hostname&gt;\\&lt;Printer name&gt;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/connect_pdf1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186 alignleft\" title=\"Printer Name\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/connect_pdf1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Yes&#8221; and &#8220;OK&#8221; for the next two warning from Windows.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/connect_pdf2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187 alignright\" title=\"Connecting to Printer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/connect_pdf2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Select the HP LaserJet printer driver as shown as follows:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/connect_pdf3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-188\" title=\"HP LaserJet Drivers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/connect_pdf3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>After the driver installs, set it as your default printer in Windows or not and print a page to it. You can find the results in your cups-pdf output folder (usually \/home\/&lt;username&gt;\/PDF and \/var\/spool\/cups-pdf\/ANONYMOUS for anonymous jobs)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/connect_pdf4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-189\" title=\"Print Test Page\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/connect_pdf4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Samba team does not supply any existing PDF drivers for connecting Windows machines to networked PDF converters such as cups-pdf. As a result, the technique to print to the PDF &#8220;printer&#8221; involves using the drivers for the built-in Windows HP LaserJet. Here is a step-by-step method to print to PDF from your Windows computer. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[719,721,720,862,718,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}