mikerowecode

The default debian (woody) config of cups didn't quite allow this to work... make the following changes (to enable raw printing via the windows driver):

Uncomment line 83 in /etc/cups/mime.convs:

#application/octet-stream        application/vnd.cups-raw        0       -

and also uncomment line 152 in /etc/cups/mime.types:

#application/octet-stream

Also, we need to add the following (rarely mentioned) line to smb.conf (in the [Printers] section):

use client driver = yes

This will cause windows to successfully get the printers' status.