>>> On 10/10/2008 at 3:48 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Terry Spaulding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > I am having problems with printing from a Windows desktop to the printer > thru Linux/CUPS. When I define the printer in Windows it comes back with a > message that the printer > is not spelled correctly or is not found. > > Searching thru the Marist Listserve Archive I see that CUPS by default does > not open or open port 515 for LPD which it is not open at this time. > > I believe I saw something that says you also must setup or start CUPS-LPD ? > > Will setting up the CUPS-LPD open port 515 ?
I've never heard of cups-lpd. What a lot of people do is set up the printer in Samba, tell Samba to use CUPS for printing, and then on the Windows systems, point to the Samba printer. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
