On my home network, my printer is attached to my Windows 95 box.
I want to print to it from Linux as well. I added the printer
with the printtool control panel, but it doesn't work: specifically,
when I lpr -m a job from Linux, it vanishes into the bit bucket and
I get a confirmation message --
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
All the Samba printing docco I've found so far has been focussed
on things going the other way: Windows trying to print on a
Linux-served printer. Would someone be so kind as to point me
at something that can help me get things to go the
Ken,
I do this every day on my Linux boxes, using Red Hat 6.x.
I merely set up a printer, in my case the default printer,
using the RH / Gnome control panel - printer tool.
I told the printer set up tool that the HP4000 is connected
by SMB, the host name of the printer server, the share name
of
From: Rodent of Unusual Size [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Greater New Hampshire Linux Users [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 6:53 AM
Subject: Printing from RH6.1 to a W95 printer
On my home network, my printer is attached to my Windows 95 box.
I want to print to it from Linux as well