Hi Mark,
It took a while before I was able to access network-printers, but what you most
probably need is smbclient. You have to make an entry in your printcap-file (of
course), then make an smbprint-script and a '.config' file for each networkprinter.
Here are my files:
--- /etc/printcap :
[...]
smb0|SMB.HP.LJ4.normal.1:\
:cm=HP LaserJet 4 computerlokaal:
:lp=/dev/smb0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/smb0:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/smb0/acct:\
:mx#0:\
:if=/usr/local/bin/smbprint
[...]
---
--- /usr/local/bin/smbprint (find some of these files on the net... but check the
lines where I use a temporary file: on the net, you often find an other way of doing
this, but it didn't work with me, and some people on this list helped me out):
#!/bin/sh -x
logfile=/tmp/smb-print.log
eval acct_file=\$$#
spool_dir=/var/spool/lpd/smb0
config_file=$spool_dir/.config
tempsmbprint=`mktemp /tmp/smbprint.XXXXXX` && sed 's/ //g' $config_file >$tempsmbprint
&& source $tempsmbprint && rm $tempsmbprint
unset tempsmbprint
echo "server $server, service $service" >> $logfile
(
echo translate
echo "print -"
cat
) | /usr/bin/smbclient "\\\\$server\\$service" -U$user>> $logfile
---
--- /var/spool/smb0/.config :
server=LABMETSERVER service=HPLaserJ user=kurts password="xxxxxxxx"
---
Things are not completely like I want them right now, but at least, I can print. You
can test some stuff, before you try the 'printcap'-thing etc. I did these things to
test whether I could reach the printer:
$ gs -sDEVICE=ljet4 -sOutputFile=foo.hp foo.pdf
$ smbclient //labmetserver/HPLaserJ -Ukurts
passwd:
smb> print foo.hp
smb> quit
If this works, mess a bit with the printcap, .config and smbprint-file and things
should get to work... By the way, I guess if you use redhed, there must be a kind of a
tool somewhere. I remember there exists something like 'printtool' and it can search
for networked printers (although it didn't work with me :-) ).
I hope this is an anwser to your question... or this can help you in some way.
Kurt.
Mail from Mark Johnson, sent on February 19 2003 at 23:42 (GMT-0800):
> I have my printer connected to my Windows XP machine so everyone in the
> house can use it. But I can't access it from my Linux computer (Red Hat
> 8.0). I tried Samba but it only lets me share a local printer with
> others on the network. I use a Cable modem 4 port router to network and
> share access to the Internet (Linksys BEFSR41). Is there a way to
> configure Samba to allow me to access a printer on another computer, or
> is there any program that will accomplish this?
>
> Thanks in advance
> -=Mark=-
>
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