On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:13 -0500 Pablo Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote:
> [ Comments below, in-line ] > > On 02/02/2012 12:48 PM, richard wrote: > > Greetings, > > I cant print from the winXP guest on my laptop running Fedora FC16. > > I can print from winXP running on a native partition. > > Both using samba with a printer on a remote linux machine. > > Using the printer wizard, or by clicking on the printer icon on the remote > > server, you can go all the way though selecting the printer driver and > > always the same result, > > can't find the printer, check name etc. > > The same printer name works on the native install on another partition. > > Howdy, > > I don't run Windows XP anymore but I don't recall ever having an > issuing printing to remote machines or to my local, Host printer. > > As a test, I just printed my from Win7 Guest to the USB printer on my > Linux Host and it worked. I am presenting the printer via Samba. > > Is the remote printer on a Window's machine or a Window's machine? > I'm having a wee bit of trouble grok'ing what you wrote above. :) > > Exactly what is the issue you're getting? I'm not a windows person so > I may not be able to help ... one thought though: have you disabled > the firewall on Windows XP? > > Cheers, Hi My Cups server is remote and set to accept raw. But something you say about the windows firewall, if I turn off the windows firewall there is no network available. So maybe the damn windows firewall, all the samba ports are open & on port 631 I know port 80 has to be open on the linux firewall. Do you know which ports need to open on the windows firewall. cheers -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Fedora FC16 x86_64 on a Dell Insiron N5030 laptop Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
