I had no luck with cups. When I put the old unix lpd on it all started working again.
If you find out, let me know. Same say it is like falling off a horse, but can't rellly show me how. haha tom carlile wrote: > does anyone share a printer under linux using cups and samba? i have > an hp deskjet printer attached to a linux box using cups - this works > fine, but i can't seem to get my win2k box to print to it via samba. > here's some lines from my samba config that i thought would be all i > needed to do: > > [global] > printing = cups > printcap name = lpstat > load printers = yes > guest account = nobody > .. > [printers] > comment = HP DeskJet 630C > browseable = yes > path = /var/spool/samba > printable = yes > public = yes > writable = yes > create mode = 0700 > guest ok = yes > print command = lpr -P %p -o raw %s -r > lpq command = lpstat -p %p > lprm command = cancel %p-%j > > > i can add a network printer in win2k as \\linuxhostname\printers and > win2k prompts me to add drivers for the printer etc, but when it's > added i still get permission isses when i try to do anything with the > printer. > > anyone have a similar setup working? > > -- Michael H. Collins http://www.linuxlink.com Admiral Penguinista Navy International This ain't California http://www.geekaustin.org Speech Enabled Chat http://24.93.54.38 Science is not a crime. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
