Re: Sharing printers with Windows (was Re: `')

[Glynn Clements]

Dan Boger wrote:

> > > Is there any possibilty that a printer that is installed and shared on a
> > > Microsoft WindowsXX machine and can be accessed by a Linux machine that is
> > > on the same LAN. 
> > 
> > Probably, grab a copy of Samba and play with it (don't forget to read the
> > documentation ;-)
> > 
> 
> not quite - samba is used to share a printer from a linux to a window, 
> not the other way around.

True. However, the Samba distribution also includes an SMB client
(called smbclient) which can be used to print to printers which are
shared via SMB. It also includes a script (examples/printing/smbprint)
which can be used as an lpd filter ('if=...' in /etc/printcap).

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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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