I use CUPS (common unix printing system)for all my printing local and Network.I would have thought CUPS was already installed with Red Hat its been in Mandrake for ages.To launch the CUPS interface just run print-cups.sh or in Mandrake printerdrake. You can configure your printer type and the printer name if you want to also run cupsd so you can print over a network.
Can CUPS print with samba.....yes just edit the samba.conf file and add printing = cups *note Samba must be version 2.06 or better for it to work with CUPS CUPS is also cool it has authentication built in so you know the right users have access the the right printer. URL's http://www.cups.org Hope this helps To be honest CUPS is a total no brainer, I didn't have to install any drivers for either my HP Laser or my Epson StylusII the drivers came with the CUPS rpm. On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 21:30, mick wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > My server set up nightmare continues... So far I have managed to install > Redhat 7.2 and update it. I could just cry!! (But I will succeed!... one > day) > > > Anyway, I figured the first service I would configure would be printer > server... easy huh? No way. > > > I have 2 lexmarks printers, an Optra LX+ laser printer and a z25 colour Inkjet > printer. I have downloaded and upacked the drivers. For the Inkjet, this > was a prettystraight forward install and it's happily plugged in as > /dev/usb/lp0. > > > The laser printer untarred a folder called "drivers-linux-glibc2-x86"... which > contained 2 rpms, which I installed. I thought the Optra LX would then > appear in the list "select driver" section of the printer set up... Nope! > > > 2 questions... > 1. How do I get Linux to use the downloaded driver (assuming I ever find > where it upacked to) > > > 2. How do share them from the server end ?(I'm pretty confident about setting > up remote printers from the workstations) What do I need to tell my server > to make it a printer server? > > > Thanks > > > Mick > > > Linux... 12 months on and I'm still a newbie... jeez > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- ******************************************************************** * Hey if you're going to get mad at me every time I do something * * stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things! * ******************************************************************** -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
