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To: Juan Jose Casero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Steve Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Arshad Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Sharing printers with Windows (was Re: `')
> Hi,
>
> I don`t think samba is the right thing for that. If I understand
> it correct: There is a printer connected to a windows-machine.
> And you want to print from Linux to this printer. Then, samba
> will not work, because samba would be the same as the
windows-machine
> with its printer.
>
> What you have to do is: Find a lpd-Daemon for windows. I know
> there is one. I think it is free. Then you have to modify your
> /etc/printcap file on linux to point to the lpd-daemon of windows.
> Then, printing should work
samba will do this....you actually use smbprint and smbclient to do it
which are pieces included in the samba package.
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