On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 05:52, Jon Savage wrote: > 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 1. In Fedora, set up a generic raw printer queue. 2. Share the printer. 3. In Windows, add printer, selecting “Connect to a printer on the Internet”, and using a URL of http://hostip:631/printers/RawPrinterQueueName. Select the printer driver for this printer as you would for a locally connected printer. 4. You may need to open TCP port 631 in your firewall. -- David Keen <zen46443@xxxxxxxxx>
