At Thu, 2 Dec 2004 17:18:10 -0600, Tim Kelley wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 06:09:07PM -0500, Shawn McCuan wrote: > > Right now i do not have a printer attached to my computer. But, I am > > networked with another computer in my house that IS connected to a > > printer. However, that computer is running WinXP Home. Can I set up > > Debian Unstable (with 2.6.9) kernel to print off of that printer like > > you can using windows networking? > > Install cupsys, cupsys-bsd (if you want to print with lp) and smbclient. > > When defining the print queue in cups, use the smb:// device type and > point it to the windows print queue, and make sure you have access to > print to windows remotely. That's it, except you'll need to also find
I believe you have to connect as a regular user, IIRC there is a problem printing as the guest user from linux for some reason (at least I haven't managed to make it work). > a driver (ppd file) that works for linux. > Look at the foomatik packages there is a ppd package that has quite a few printer drivers. Not sure which of the packages are actually needed though. > -- > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ > ( t | i | m | @ | i | t | . | k | p | t | . | c | c ) > \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ > GPG key fingerprint = 1DEE CD9B 4808 F608 FBBF DC21 2807 D7D3 09CA 85BF > > > -- > 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]
