Johannes Meixner wrote: > Hello, > > On Mar 26 05:10 dwain wrote (shortened): > >> what i did was enter yast/hardware/printers. i clicked on set up network >> printers then print via smb network server. i entered the workgroup >> name and what i thought was the host server name. is that the name of >> the windows machine where the printers are connected? then i added the >> name of the network printer according to the share name on the host >> machine. there is no user name or password to use the printer so i left >> those fields blank. >> > > See > http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printing_via_SMB_%28Samba%29_Share_or_Windows_Share > and > http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_-_No_Printout_on_the_XP_Client > > By the way: > If you use special characters (e.g. @%:/ or spaces) for your Windows > hosts, workgroups, shares, user names, or passwords, it may not work > because such characters may invalidate the CUPS DeviceURI, see > "man smbspool" and for basics about CUPS see > http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell > > > Kind Regards > Johannes Meixner > These two URL's are great. I have SUSE 10.0 talking to a local printer. I want to use SAMBA to allow an XP machine to print through it via a share. Is the first URL above the best one to help me do this? I got the TUXNET showing up on XP but I never did get the printer running. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
