On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 01:01:57 -0300, Trevor Smith <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On September 21, 2004 12:17 am, Steven Stern wrote: > > > On WinXP, open ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS from the control panel, click on the > > Windows Componets on the left, and select Other Network File and Print > > Services. Select Print Services for UNIX. > > yeah, as I figured, when I go to 'add printer' on her XP machine, it says > browse or type in the address, either in the form \\server\printer or > http://server/printer/.printer > > Neither of the latter two are familiar to me, browse didn't find anything, and > I suspect that for \\server\printer to work, I'd have to have some sort of > peer-peer networking between the two machines (there is none). This leaves > the http solution but I don't have a clue where I'd find a ".printer" file... > AFIK either you attach the printer to your LT & set her up as a samba user (or) attach the printer to her machine, share the printer from win** and access as smb printer... I have done this on my subnet & it 'just works'. Certainly there are other ways to make this work <but> worj\kes for me(tm), bests JS
