Thanks Kurt for the help, but I have been working on CUPS lately and almost have it working. I found some help at HP.COM, as I have a HP 3820 printer, and got their latest drivers and used thier Red Hat install procedures. Then I used the CUPS configurator (localhost:631) and have been trying to get that working, but after I get everything entered in, I press the Print Test button and it tells me I don't have permission. I turned off the iptables (service iptables stop) and even disables the Norton firewall and still got no permission? maybe you can help me out on the naming conventions. cups wants the smb://server/sharename but I'm unsure which names convert from windows? is server the group name? is share name the computername? also I was asked by printtool what my name and password was, and there is no name or password setup on the XP box? It just has my name that I used to install windows? also do I use the XP's printer's share name in the path too? as in the sharename? or do I use the IP address for the server instead of the XP group name. As you can see I am starting to get a little confused :). In fact I'm too confused to even attempt your suggestions yet. I have too big of a headache right now.
If you or anyone else can help me get CUPS going or clarify the naming conventions I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance -=Mark=- On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 00:08, Kurt Sys wrote: > 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
