Am 2001.10.22 18:00 schrieb(en) Crutcher Dunnavant: > ++ 20/10/01 22:32 +0200 - Stephan André Schmidt: > > Hello, > > > > I have got problems with printing from my Linux box (RH 7.1) to a > Win2000 > > printer (HP LaserJet 6L). All informations inserted in "printtool" are > > correctly filled in. I do not know why this connection does not work. I > > succeed in setting up the Win2000 box being a "Unix printserver". > Running > > the Win box as a remote LPD works fine. I have tested if I can print > over > > samba to the Win box running RedHat 6.2 (and samba 2.0.8). No problem! > > Also, running 7.1, I can connect to the Win printer using 'smbclient > > //winbox/printername -P username' and doing a 'put filename' does print > it > > out on the Win box. It does not matter if I run samba 2.0.8 or 2.2.2 on > the > > 7.1 machine. > > Maybe this is an LPRng problem? > > > > > Well, if you set up the windows box as a unix printserver, then did you > configure printconf to print to a remote lpd printer? >
Yes! (Works fine.) > Also, there is a bug in printconf's share box, if you configure for a > smb printer: > > fill in the form in the form '//server/queue' or '\\\\server\\queue'. > Note the 2 slashes for every one slash if you use the backslased > version. > Absolutely right. Thanks a lot for the hint. BTW, the form of the share name, i.e. //server/queuename, is detailly described (screenshot included) in The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide. One should read it... Thanks, Stephan > > -- > Crutcher Dunnavant, Red Hat OS Devel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > passwd: anoncvs, cvs -z6 -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/rhl > login > cvs -z6 -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/rhl co printconf Stephan André Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/~ingalo/ - get sambafax working with LPRng _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
