On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 08:38:25PM -0300, Andr? Carezia wrote: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:17:28 -0700 > Christian Benito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have small network, two windows 2000 boxes and a debian box. The > > two windows machines share a laser printer that is attached to one of > > them. I'd like to be able to print from the debian machine too. Can > > anybody give me a pointer on how to get that working? > > You can install some packages on Debian machine: > > apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd \ > cupsomatic-ppd smbclient >
You should also get all the foomatic stuff, it includes all the printer drivers and can save a lot of headache. > and then create a connection to the printer using "lpadmin" or a web > browser (choose SMB printing): > > http://localhost:631/ > Or get the gnome-cups-manager or the kde equivalent (I thing that there is one). You may need to use a real user on the windows machine, I have heard that there is sometimes trouble trying to print as guest (haven't managed to do it at uni yet, but haven't tried to see if a real user will solve the problem either). You may need to set the workgroup properly, but I'm not sure. > Regards, > > -- > Andr? Carezia > Eng. de Telecomunica??es > Carezia Consultoria - www.carezia.eng.br > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
