On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 11:43:18PM +0000, Harold Williams wrote:
> Scott said,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.
>
> I am finally getting back to this. I have done the part to get to CUPS
> web
> interface. I have gotten the ip address of my Window pc (192.168.1.33).
> The cups site has these tabs - Home, Administration, Classes,
> Documentation/Help,
> Jobs, Printer.
> On the Administration tab it looks like this:
>
>
> Printers
> [Add Printer]
Click that.
Forget about what it finds it's probably wrong.
On the Windows machine, you have the printer marked as shared.
So, for the printer address
smb://192.168.1.33/<printername> (Whatever the printer is called on
Windows.
If you get that far, then you should be able to choose the printer model
from the section--it works in theory at least, but with CUPS, ya never
know.
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