On 4/9/07, Kevin J. Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
OK, I'm about ready to give up on this. For years, I've been able to print from my wife's Windows computer to my printer on my Linux server (currently running FC5). I first had this working when my wife was running Windows-95, then Windows-98 (when I was probably running Red Hat Linux, perhaps as early as 3.0.3). But, its become *much* harder to get working from Windows XP. I started by sharing the printer under SAMBA, and I've had it working whether I had an HP-550c or Epson Stylus Color 440. Since I last had it working, my wife upgraded her hardware from Windows-98 to Windows XP. Well, I recently replaced the Epson with a Samsung CLP-510 color laser. What a dream! It installed on Linux very easily using the LPRng package that came with the printer and CUPs sees it and uses it just fine. About 1/2 of my applications print directly to the printer, the other 1/2 require double selections as an LPRng print box comes up after the applications box. I've learned to live with that. I was able to add it to my new laptop (running FC6) without any issues. My problem is getting my wife's Windows XP machine to print to it. I've tried 2 different methods: 1) Under SAMBA, I give windows the \\linuxserv\lp share name for the printer, and installed the Windows drivers for the CLP-510. No go. 2) I tried having windows print directly to the CUPS IPP URL: http://linuxserv:634/printers/lp
I'm pretty sure that that is the wrong URL, i have done such fairly easily in the past. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud
