A. Lanza,
My setup is a bit different (RH Linux 8 running Samba with Canon S750 shared), a Windows XP box as a client and a Fedora Core 2 box as another client. Some of this should still be relevant.
On the FC2 box I used the System Settings -> Printing menu to get the "Printer Configuration".
- Click on New (to add a new printer queue) - Enter the name I wanted for the queue (Canon) - Click Forward - In the "Select a queue type:" drop down choose: "Networked Windows SMB". - My samba server (or in your case your Windows machine) should appear in the list. - Click the black arrow next to your machine name and choose the printer being shared from your Windows machine. - Click Forward - In the Printer model dialog box, choose the printer that more closely matches your Printer. (for Canon S750 use S600 driver). - Click Forward - You should get a dialog with the following information: Type: Windows Print Queue Share: //yourwindowsmachine/Printer_share Printer: Printer name (i.e. Canon S600) - Click Finish
That should do it on the FC2 box. Now the biggest issue with Samba/Windows shares is usually permissions. I allow EVERYONE to print to my printer share. If you are going to restrict the share to specific users you need to make sure you have a username on the Windows machine that matches the FC2 box. Though this is where I get fuzzy so I can't really give you specifics on this part.
Good luck.
Jesus
A. Lanza wrote:
Hi,
all printers in my network are connected to machines running Windows and i have no local printer connected to my Linux box.
I know that this can be accomplished by using Samba. I have Samba services running on my PC and i'm able to connect to some network file shares on Windows computers, but i cannot get to print on those servers.
I've tried to use the FC2 printer config. utility to connect to a network printer using SMB protocol. But with no success :(
Can anyone give some advice?
Thanks a lot,
AL
