At 11/10/98 08:57 PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello Debian Land, > >I would just like to know if any one has been able >to print from a Linux machine to a printer >attached to a Window NT 4 (sp3) Server based >machine. > >I have been able to print to the printer, a HP >Laserjet 4, directly from linux using Debian 2.0 >using lprng. I have also been able to print over >the network from another linux machine or win95/98 >machine to that linux machine with the printer >directly attached. > >When I try to print using smb from linux to NT >Server then I alway run into problems, even though >I have tried all the possilbe suggestions in all >the appropriate HOWTOs (printing, smb, >linux2win-mini). > >I am just wondering if there is something >particular with NT server... any clues.
Since you have NT Server and not Win95/98, install LPR print services for NT and print via TCP/IP printer services. This works fine for me. I have not tried it via Samba. --Jay