I personally do it with a web browser by loading http://localhost:631,
but you can do it by command line with lpadmin. Here's a copy of my
/etc/cups/printers.conf file. I have an Epson 780 on the USB that I
occasionally plug into my Linux computer, a laser printer on a windows
98 machine, and an Epson 750 photo printer that is on a windows XP
machine. You also have to set up your /etc/printcap to use bsd
commands like lpr -Pepson750 filename. It can be something as simple
as (for my printers)
laser:
epson750:
epson780:
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.19
# Written by cupsd on Fri Jul 18 00:35:40 2003
<Printer epson750>
Info Epson Photo 750
Location //HAPPY/epson750
DeviceURI smb://guest@HAPPY/epson750
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
<Printer epson780>
Info epson photo 780
Location
DeviceURI usb:/dev/usb/lp0
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
<DefaultPrinter laser>
Info Samsung 1450ML
Location //DOPEY/LASERPRINTER
DeviceURI smb://DOPEY/LASERPRINTER
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
scott
William Lindfors wrote:
>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?
>
>
>
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