Re: [SLUG] Linux printing

From: savatage (savatage@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Sep 11 2003 - 22:36:44 EDT


You have to first configure samba, then you can set windows to share printer
then use the cups system.
again check what Scott replied.

B. Preece

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Lindfors" <kkohn@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux printing

> What are the steps for setting up CUPS to print to my Windows printer. I
am in
> a control center applet and can find CUPS, however, I don't see any
options
> for network printing. How would you go about setting up cups? Do I need
to
> place an address or something of my windows machine?
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday 11 September 2003 11:27 am, you wrote:
> > At my office, I print from Linux to a printer on a windows machine
> > (running windows 98) using CUPS. Before I used CUPS I used magicfilter
> > and the smbprint script which was supplied in the Debian Samba
> > packages. It basically used smbclient to send a file from the printer
> > filter to the windows machine.
> >
> > scott
> >
> > William Lindfors wrote:
> > >Does anyone know how to print to a network printer thru linux. Trying
to
> > >print from my linux laptop to a shared printer in a windows
environment.
> > > What would I use? I did not see any option to create a network
printer
> > > like you can with windows.
> >
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> The requirements said
> "Windows 98/NT or better"
> So I installed Linux.
> Don't let a bad OS happen
> to you!
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