On Monday 09 April 2007, Kevin J. Cummings 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 have even configured my Linux userid/password but the > error message I get back from Windows is permission > denied. > > Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong? > > Problem #3: I have a Windows XP Pro running in a VMWare > session on my new laptop. Since the VMWare network > (between VMWare and the laptop) is on a different subnet > from my main home network (bridged by VMWare), how can I > print to this printer from the VMWare session? I assume > that in addition to the same solution listed above, I'll > need to add sufficient network routing so that my > linuxserv machine can see the Windows XP Pro system and > have the right routing in order to get there. Even if my > laptop is on ethernet or wireless..... > > -- > Kevin J. Cummings > kjchome@xxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) Try this http://<domain>or<IP>:631/printers/printername on the WinXP box -- If the word following begins with a vowel, the word you want is... to read the rest of this, go here http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/a.html
