Thomas Bergstam thomas at acat.se Sat Jan 3 18:10:22 GMT 2004
Hi all,
Is it possible to use a printer attached to a WinXP computer from Linux (Suse) using only console mode, ie. no graphic mode?
Yes.
1. Make sure your WinXP-attached printer is shared.
2. Make sure you use "CUPS" as a printing system.
3. Make sure you know about CUPS and PPDs.
4. Know that WinXP (Prof!) is capable of using IPP as a print protocol
5. Know that Microsoft, in their unlimited wisdom decided to use as a printer URI this:
http://[IP-address of WinXP]:80/[printer-sharename]/.printer
6. Install the printer (assuming IP for WinXP is 11.12.13.14 and printer-sharename of printer is my_printer):
lpadmin -p printername -v http://11.12.13.14:80/my_printer/.printer -E -P /path/to/PPD
7. Print to your heart's limits fromt the commandline:
lp -d printername /path/to/printfile
Cheers, Kurt
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