Re: sharing a printer with windows
--- 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]
Re: sharing a printer with windows
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 08:38:25PM -0300, Andr? Carezia wrote: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:17:28 -0700 > Christian Benito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > You can install some packages on Debian machine: > > apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd \ > cupsomatic-ppd smbclient > You should also get all the foomatic stuff, it includes all the printer drivers and can save a lot of headache. > and then create a connection to the printer using "lpadmin" or a web > browser (choose SMB printing): > > http://localhost:631/ > Or get the gnome-cups-manager or the kde equivalent (I thing that there is one). You may need to use a real user on the windows machine, I have heard that there is sometimes trouble trying to print as guest (haven't managed to do it at uni yet, but haven't tried to see if a real user will solve the problem either). You may need to set the workgroup properly, but I'm not sure. > Regards, > > -- > Andr? Carezia > Eng. de Telecomunica??es > Carezia Consultoria - www.carezia.eng.br > > > -- > 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]
Re: sharing a printer with windows
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:17:28 -0700 Christian Benito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? You can install some packages on Debian machine: apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd \ cupsomatic-ppd smbclient and then create a connection to the printer using "lpadmin" or a web browser (choose SMB printing): http://localhost:631/ Regards, -- André Carezia Eng. de Telecomunicações Carezia Consultoria - www.carezia.eng.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sharing a printer with windows
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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. Then install cups, samba, kdeprint. Go into the printer manager, select CUPS as your backend, create a new printer, follow the walkthrough, and if the Gods of Printing have smiled apon you, you're done. Otherwise, go back to Silvan's idea. 8:o) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBUzN9UzgNqloQMwcRAt4DAKCKwgVw1UHbZZCJSN8uju7pDPeAqwCeN3xL ocWj0vj49+8OsPvr4DDB3ts= =zXmA -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sharing a printer with windows
At 17:02 23/09/2004, you 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 have to say that I didn't have such terrible experiences as yourself, although I never got automatic installation of windows drivers to work. Once Samba was up it was just a quick grab of all the cups/foomatic printer stuff (including the megahuge package with all the drivers in it, which is probably cheating), a few lines in smb.conf and some confugling the in cups admin panel and I was away...! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sharing a printer with windows
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/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sharing a printer with windows
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 06:20, 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? As the other reply says, http://www.linuxprinting.org/printing-faq.html is a good place to start. In my experience, it's a lot easier to attach a printer to a Linux machine and print from a Windows machine over the network than to do it the other way round. But you may not have a choice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sharing a printer with windows
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 08:17, 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? You can start reading the FAQ at linuxprinting.org: http://www.linuxprinting.org/printing-faq.html Good luck -A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sharing a printer with windows
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? thanks Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
