I can get the files over to the Windows machine on Samba, but they don't
actually print. I know they get there becuase they show up in the
Windows printer queue, but then they vanish shortly thereafter without
actually printing. Whereas files printed from Windows itself go into
the queue and vanish only when they print.
I don't see any error messages under Windows when this happens.
On the flip side, I am unable to print in the other direction over
Samba; in this case, I do get an error message under Windows (although
it's an "undetermined" error) . . .
Any ideas about what either of these might mean?
Vincent Danen wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 04:27:42PM -0400, Breno F Basilio wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if it is possible to print from Linux over a LAN to a �Windows�
> > printer attached to a Windows machine. I have an HP DeskJet 820 Cse �For
> > Windows� attached to a Windows machine on my LAN, but I can�t seem to be able
> > to print to it from Linux over the network. I add the printer using DrakConf
> > (choosing a printer that is as close as possible to mine), and send a job to
> > test it, but no luck so far. I might not be possible, but I was wondering if
> > anybody knows a way.
>
> It sure is. I've got a Canon that's specifically designed for
> Windows (one of these 6-in-1 scanner/fax/copier/printer/kitchensink
> type deals), and I print to it from all of my Mandrake boxes just
> fine. Do you have Samba installed on the Mandrake machine? Is the
> Windows printer shared (preferably with password, for security)? Is
> Samba *running* on the Mandrake machine?
>
> If you're trying to do it with just lpr, it won't work (as far as I
> know) because Windows doesn't have an lpd. Using Samba, however,
> works awesome. I have Windows printing to a LaserJet4 shared on a
> Mandrake machine, and all my Mandrake boxes printing to the shared
> Windows printer.
>
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