On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 01:00:23PM +0000, Harold Williams wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Is the printer directly connected to the Windows machine or is it
> > independently connected to the hub?
>
> Yes it is connected directly to the windows pd by usb.
Oh well. :) It would have been easier the other way.
>
> I am using KDE not Gnome.
I will try to check this later today, but not sure if I'll have a
chance.
>
> > It's much easier if the printer has its own IP address, then you don't
> > have to worry about Samba.
>
> Not sure how to assign a printer an IP address.
Don't worry about it, it's not relevant--I thought the printer might be
plugged into the hub.
>
>
> windowsmachine.mydomain.com??? Does this mean my web site? I don't
> have a web site. Sorry if these questions are elementary?
That's Ok, we all have to start somewhere.
Rather than using KDE's print management, you can try to attach the
printer with the CUPS web interface.
Open firefox or whatever browser you use on Linux and type
127.0.0.1:631
This will open the cups web interface.
There's an option to add a printer. The second screen (I think)
is device. There's a drop down box--a white box with an arrow at the
right. I believe it's the last choice, but it will read something like
Windows printer SAMBA.
Your Windows machine will have an IP address. You can find that out by
going to the Windows box, hitting start, choosing run and in the little
textbox that opens, type cmd.
That opens a black dos like window. In there type
ipconfig
You'll see something like 192.168.1.101
(The series might be different, but you'll see 4 sets of numbers,
separated by periods.)
Going back to the Linux machine, having chosen Windows printer as the
device, the next screen will show
smb
In the box, you'll add to the smb so that the whole line reads
(in this example, the ipconfig gave 192.168.1.101 and you call the
printer, on the Windows machine, PRINTER
smb://192.168.1.101/PRINTER
(Be sure that you've shared PRINTER on the Windows machine. Also, if
the printer has a name with spaces in it, you're better off changing the
name so it has no spaces.)
After that, the next screens let you choose model and all that good
stuff, pretty much like adding a printer in Windows.
--
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