Printing to a Windows print server with Samba

[Steve Fink]

Al,

I just tested this type of configuration.  It worked fine.

Using the gui System Settings --> Printing interface to CUPS.

During the printer setup it asked for Queue Type and I used SMB and inside
those options it asked for Share: (I'm sure this is the most important
piece of the puzzle) I located the share name on the Windows box, under
the Properties of the print queue, HPLaserJ.  I put this in exactly as
shown.  Then I filled out the rest of the info, User: Password: IP
address: (I would recommend IP over hostname) and Workgroup.

Hope this info helps.

Best,

Steve




-----Original Message-----
From: "A. Lanza" <alf at lanza-ti.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:13:53 +0200
Subject: Printing to a Windows print server with Samba

> Hi,
> 
> all printers in my network are connected to machines running Windows
> and
> i have no local printer connected to my Linux box.
> 
> I know that this can be accomplished by using Samba. I have Samba
> services running on my PC and i'm able to connect to some network file
> shares on Windows computers, but i cannot get to print on those
> servers.
> 
> I've tried to use the FC2 printer config. utility to connect to a
> network printer using SMB protocol. But with no success :(
> 
> Can anyone give some advice?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> AL
> 
> 
> 
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