Darryl Gregorash wrote: > On 2007-06-18 08:35, Daniel Feiglin wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> This issue has been done to death on the Web, but I'm not sure where the >> following derivative problem belongs: >> >> I have an openSUSE 10.2 "vanilla" installation with Samba set up as a >> server for my Windows work group, with all Win 2K clients. The Linux >> system is fully patched. I have a parallel port HP printer attached to >> the Linux box - which works fine, locally. CUPS operates as expected, >> without problems. >> >> When I try to print something from a Win 2K client, say a browser page - >> there is a flurry of activity on the net (from the blinking lights on >> the hub) - and then, nothing. >> >> >> > > As of Win2K, I believe you do not need to use Samba to print to a Linux > network printer. Configure the printer in CUPS to allow network > connections (this should actually be the default behaviour), and > configure the printers in Windows to use a Unix-style (IPP) connection. > If you are running a firewall on the server, you may need to open the > IPP port (name ipp or number 631). > > Right on!
That solved the problem - actually bypassing it. There are a few details Darryl did not include, which I offer, for anyone else with the same problem: 1. You need to ensure that the printer is set up for sharing. SUSE/CUPS does this by default in an openSUSE installation. 2. In Win 2K (and presumably later) you set up the printer as a network printer with its own URL. 3. You get the URL this way: If you have your Linux box set up as a Web server (say with Apache): a. From Win, enter the following URL in a browser: <my_linux_box_ip>:631/printers. This displays the CUPS Web administration dialog for selecting a printer. Click the one you want. b. Copy the resulting URL from the browser to the URL box in 2. above. If you are not set up as a Web server, then a. Run the CUPS administrator on the Linux box, and go to Printers. Click the printer you want to use as the network printer. b. Manually copy the URL that you see, replacing the IP address 127.0.0.1 with the network IP address of your server into the URL box of step 2. above. 4. Complete the Win printer wizard (you may need to install a driver along the way). 5. Open the IPP port in the firewall as Darryl says. Bingo! You're in business. Daniel
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