[TriLUG] Samba and Windows Xp printing question

[Jeff Groves]

I found the "Starting LPR/LPD LAN Printer Installation" and "Identifying and Naming the 
Printer" instructions from here:

   http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/dsss/docs/print-lpr.shtml

handy in figuring out how to do what Kevin tersely suggested below.

Be sure to allow port 515 in iptables on your RedHat 9 machine if you have iptables set up.

Worked like a charm!

Thanks,

Jeff G.

PS: Trying to print through Samba to CUPS is a piece of CRAP.  It is not basic.. It is 
basically crap.  Don't feel bad that you couldn't get it to work.... I don't know of anyone 
who has!


Kevin Flanagan wrote:
> I wouldn't use SAMBA for printing, I'd use LPR/LPD for printing.  
> 
> On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 14:36 -0400, Ralph Blach wrote:
> 
>>I just got a laptop which has Windows XP and I have the samba printing 
>>set up almost.
>>
>>1) I added the printer
>>2) I mapped a network driver.
>>
>>I found out that I cannot print unless I map a network drive.  Is there 
>>anyway I can set up samba and XP so that it will
>>print without mapping a network driver.   Even when  they  are working,  
>>the mapped printers show as unavailable.
>>
>>I know this is basic but I cant seem crack the nut.
>>
>>I am running redhat 9.0 with its default samba server.
>>
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>Chip
>>-- 
>>Ralph "Chip" Blach
>>rcblach at blach.dnsalias.org
>>rblach at intrex.net
>>