[newbie] Printing to XP
Hi Guys Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but here goes. I am running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE3 and would like to print using a printer attached to the USB port on a PC running XP Pro. I can see and access all directories on the XP box as well as see and access shared directories on my Linux box. But I cannot get to print. I know the easiest thing to do is connect the printer to the linux box, but thats too easy, and besides the rest of my family would complain bitterly if I removed the printer from the little home network we have. Thank you and kind regards mark -- Mark Annandale Mandrake 8.2 : KDE 3.0 : KMail 1.4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing to XP
On Saturday 18 May 2002 9:16 am, Mark Annandale wrote: Hi Guys Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but here goes. I am running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE3 and would like to print using a printer attached to the USB port on a PC running XP Pro. I can see and access all directories on the XP box as well as see and access shared directories on my Linux box. But I cannot get to print. I know the easiest thing to do is connect the printer to the linux box, but thats too easy, and besides the rest of my family would complain bitterly if I removed the printer from the little home network we have. Thank you and kind regards mark Have you enabled printer sharing in XP? If so you should be able to see the printer when you browse your network with Komba2 (or LinNeighborhood or Gnomba) Also kups or KDE Control CentreSystemPrint Manager should show it in the list of printers. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing to XP
just wondering why, when running Printing Manager, that all my backend selection are greyed out when running the add printer wizard... so i can't add any printers. currently running mandrake 8.2, just installed cups common. printer is physically connected to a win98 pc, with print and file sharing enabled, and printer-sharing is working on another pc running winxp mandrake and win98 is already sharing files thru samba. would appreciate any advice or pointers to other help sources/web-pages. - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mark Annandale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Printing to XP On Saturday 18 May 2002 9:16 am, Mark Annandale wrote: Hi Guys Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but here goes. I am running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE3 and would like to print using a printer attached to the USB port on a PC running XP Pro. I can see and access all directories on the XP box as well as see and access shared directories on my Linux box. But I cannot get to print. I know the easiest thing to do is connect the printer to the linux box, but thats too easy, and besides the rest of my family would complain bitterly if I removed the printer from the little home network we have. Thank you and kind regards mark Have you enabled printer sharing in XP? If so you should be able to see the printer when you browse your network with Komba2 (or LinNeighborhood or Gnomba) Also kups or KDE Control CentreSystemPrint Manager should show it in the list of printers. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
