--- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 01:17 am, Christian > Benito 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? > > Remove any eyeglasses, hats, caps, earrings, etc. > Now place your forehead > flat against any nearby wall. Pivot your body back > at the waist a bit, then > slam your head forcefully into the wall. Repeat > this until you either lose > consciousness, or you decide you don't want to try > to get Linux to print to a > Windows printer. > > :) > > (It can be done in theory. If you can find a set of > instructions that will > actually get you there, you should turn around and > go buy a lottery ticket > while you're at it. You'll probably win big.) > > (As a disclaimer, I should add that my own > experiences were probably tainted > by the particularly obscure nature of the printer I > was trying to get working > in this fashion. Obviously the instructions I found > were an afterthought, > extrapolated from other, related instructions, with > a lot of "probably" and > "this might work" and "try doing it like this" > thrown in.) > > -- > Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux > user #243621 > http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ > http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ -------- I ended up doing what Silvan suggested. Although I could get file shares to show and work with Samba, I was NEVER able to get the print shares going. It would "see" the printer, but would never print.
I did see somewhere that the *unwritten* law was that you had to have gs for windows installed on the windows box. Personally, I've never tried this, but this guy claims it will work. ===== FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
