Randy,
what I did was follow the prompts using the "KUPS - CUPS
Administration" application under "Configuration --> Printing". Select
"Add printer" from your SMB network. Scan the network and double-click
on the PC with the printer. Then click away.
I'm writing this from memory. I wish I could be more specific, but for
some reason the first "box" of the KUPS wizards in my system now
stretch aaall the way horizontally, and no amount of resizing seem to
help. :(
On Sunday 20 May 2001 03:20, Randy Kramer wrote:
> Sam,
>
> Maybe you (or someone else) can help me. I tried setting up kups
> last night with no luck. I want to print from my Linux machine to a
> printer on a Windows machine. I tried setting this up when I
> installed Mandrake 7.2, and the print test worked. Since then (and
> after several reinstalls and an upgrade to MandrakeFreq) I still
> cannot print to the Windows machine.
>
> Other info:
> -No printer on the Linux machine
> -Samba server is not running (I would not expect to need it, and
> therefore don't want to run it for security and resource reasons)
> -I have used a Samba mount (smbmount in fstab) on the Linux box to
> access files on the Windows machine
> -When I start the kups configuration dialog (as root) I see the
> message "Can't connect to cups server, check your options"
> -All the "fields" on the "Infos page" are blank
> -On the options page:
> --I left user and password blank (because my Windows machine does not
> require a userid and password to access the printer (I print OK from
> other Windows machines))
> --I filled in Host as Office6 (which works on the Windows machines),
> and I also tried Office6.Home (my workgroup at home)
> --No idea what port to use so left it at the default 631
> --Configuration file is listed as /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and it exists,
> but it looks like no settings have been entered. In fact, it looks
> like the only file that appears to have any modifications that might
> have come from my installation is the printers.conf file.
