On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 09:48 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Chambers wrote: > > If you have a printer installed, and set it to "sharing" on it's > > properties, is that enough for another computer (windows vista or linux) > > to be able to find/recognize it and use it? Or do you have to setup > > samba as well? > > > With Windows XP, you set up an IPP printer. I would think Vista > would be the same. > > > Hrm, have thought bout a way to use (if there is one) a printer router > > type thing to plug it into to (has usb cable) let all computers connect > > to it via printer server or something along those lines (already have > > linksys wireless router)? > > > If the print server supports IPP, it is easy. Chances are that CUPS > will detect it. Using a lpr type print server is slightly harder, > but not much. Windows requires a bit more work. I would expect the > router/print server to support IPP, and possible a couple more > protocols. > > Mikkel As I said any Windows XP machine that runs IIS willk support ipp protocol. ======================================================================= Twenty Percent of Zero is Better than Nothing. -- Walt Kelly ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
