On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 21:13 +0100, Oliver Sampson wrote: > On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 12:47 -0600, Anthony Messina wrote: > > L. Paul Andralouis wrote: > > > You might want to try sharing it as a CUPS printer. > > > Try searching the internet for "share CUPS printer > > > with Windows" or something similar. > > > > > > --Paul > > > --- Oliver Sampson <olsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Howdy, > > >>I'm having trouble getting my printer to share to my > > >>other Windows > > >>computers on my network via Samba. The funny thing > > >>is that I had this > > >>set up a coupla years ago on FC2, and it was a piece > > >>of cake. Now, > > >>there's nothing but problems. > > >> > > >>I turned on Samba and browsing for printers in > > >>Samba. My Windows > > >>machines can now see my Linux machine via the > > >>Network Neighborhood, but > > >>not the printer. > > >> > > >>I turned on printer sharing in the > > >>system-config-printer utility, but > > >>that doesn't seem to make a difference. > > >> > > >>Here's the printer part of my smb.conf > > >>[printers] > > >> comment = All Printers > > >> path = /var/spool/samba > > >> browseable = yes > > >># Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to > > >>print > > >> guest ok = yes > > >>; writeable = no > > >> printable = yes > > >> public = yes > > >> > > >>Any tips? > > >> > > >>Thanks, > > >> > > > > what does your cupsd.conf look like? > > <Location /printers/Epson> > Order Deny,Allow > Deny From All > Allow From 127.0.0.1 > AuthType None > Allow from All > There must be a /location> tag for each <location tag > Interestingly there's no </location> at the end of the file. (that part > was automatically generated by system-config-printer. So, does that > entry even makes sense? > > > what about the permissions in > > cupsd.conf with regard to the individual printers? what does your samba > > log say. what does your cups log say? > > > > The error log says: > I [12/Feb/2006:04:02:21 +0100] Sending browsing info to ffffffff:631 > I [12/Feb/2006:04:02:21 +0100] Listening to 0:631 > I [12/Feb/2006:04:02:21 +0100] Loaded configuration file > "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf" > I [12/Feb/2006:04:02:21 +0100] Configured for up to 100 clients. > I [12/Feb/2006:04:02:21 +0100] Allowing up to 100 client connections per > host. > I [12/Feb/2006:04:02:21 +0100] Full reload is required. > I [12/Feb/2006:04:02:22 +0100] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 15 > PPDs... > I [12/Feb/2006:04:02:22 +0100] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs... > I [12/Feb/2006:04:02:22 +0100] Full reload complete. > > Thanks, > -- > Oliver Sampson Support Indie Music! > olsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://cdbaby.com/group/MrSampson > http://www.oliversampson.com >
