On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 5:49 PM, geoffrey mendelson < [email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mar 15, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Erez D wrote: > > >> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sure, >> You can use IPP (Internet Printing Protocol). >> For the Windows machines, you can read the document which is available >> here: >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/internetprint.mspx >> >> it requires you install IIS on the printer server ... (and my printer >> server is linux ...) >> > > > No, you install CUPS, make sure it is listening on port 631 and then > try (I'm not on a widows computer to make sure) > > ipp://<computername>:631/printers/<printername> > Doesn't work for me (xp) If I type: ipp://<computername>:631/printers/<printername> it hangs. If I use http instead of ipp, i get the printer's config page and i can configure it or print a test page, but i want to print a document using it ... thanks, erez. > You could also after you install cups, install samba and access it as if it > were a > windows printer. > > If you want to prevent shell access, you create a userid for the printer, > and set the password > to some long unguessable password. Then you set a resonable password in > smbpasswd. > > Samba is not the difficult to install or use, and you can set it up NOT to > do file sharing. > > Geoff. > > > > > > -- > geoffrey mendelson > [email protected] > > > > >
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