On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:38, you wrote: > Dear Clever People, > > I have been trying to set-up printing from win XP through my linux/lprng > print server. Not having much luck. > > What I figured should work was: > > Add Printer/ Local/ Create Port [TCP/IP, LPR, print-server's DNS name, > queue name of printer] / ... > Driver: generic? or proper one? (HP 4000) > > (Apologies - I am doing this from memory, don't have the XP box here) > > But this fails - print jobs disappear with no trace. > > If anyone has done this, I'd love to know where I went wrong. > > > thanks > Glen
Thanks to Alberto Curro and Raymond M. Reskusich for your answers. But my problem was actually solved by adding a component to Windows through the Control Panel: Print Services for Unix. Once I'd done that, the method I had used previously worked fine, with the LPR Port type appearing as a 3rd option in Create Port. (I had to create a new printer from scratch of course) Same for XP and Win 2000. Glen -- Glen Davison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer System Administrator phone: +61 2 9385 7018 Maths, UNSW fax: +61 2 9385 7192 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
