On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 11:41, Gavin Li wrote: > I want to print to network printer from my linux box, which software do I > have to install and config? If possible I would recommend enabling lpr support on the windows print server and using lpr from the linux boxes to print. I have found this to be much more reliable than using smb printing and you don't have to configure the print service with a windows userid and password. On windows 2000 you go to control panel -> network and dial up connections -> advanced -> optional networking components -> Other network file and print services Once that is selected you may also need to go to the services tool and make sure TCP/IP print services is set to start automatically. I suspect this should be similar in Windows XP. Then in your linux system use system-config-printer and select a networked lpr print queue type and input the IP address of the windows server and the queue name of the printer. You should be printing test pages in no time.
