Printing to printer on Windoze machine

[Harold Hallikainen]

>
>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:41:39AM -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 05:42:49AM -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>>> >> The next, in my long list of projects, is to be able to print from
>>> my
>>> >> FC4
>>> >> laptop to a Xerox 950 printer on a Windoze ME machine on the
>>> network.
>>> I
>>> >> set it up to emulate a Postscript printer following the instructions
>>> at
>>> >> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/heretrythis/hp3100/psemu9x.html . I am
>>> >> able
>>> >> to print to it as an Apple something or another from my wife's
>>> Windoze
>>> >> ME
>>> >> laptop on the network, so it appears to be properly emulating
>>> postscript
>>> >> and being shared.
>>> >>
>>> >> On my laptop, I go to http://localhost:631/ and try to set up the
>>> >> printer.
>>> >
>>> > Do I recall correctly that that is the web interface to CUPS admin?
>>> > If so, drop it like a hot potato.  I tried to use it when changed
>>> > printers and never got the printer to print right.  I even lodged a
>>> > bug report on CUPS.  Then I used "system-config-printer" to set it up
>>> > and all became sweetness and light.
>>> >
>>> >> I give the URI (which is where I think the problem is) as
>>> >> smb://192.168.1.5/psemu where psemu is what the printer is named on
>>> the
>>> >> Windoze machine (and how it shows up on my wife's laptop). When I
>>> try
>>> to
>>> >> print to it, I get "ERROR: Connection failed with error
>>> >> NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL".
>>> >>
>>> >> Finally, if I use Konqueror, I CAN see the shared directories and
>>> files
>>> >> at
>>> >> smb://192.168.1.5 .
>>> >>
>>> >> So... what am I doing wrong?
>>> >>
>>> >> THANKS!
>>> >>
>>> >> Harold
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > --
>>> > Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, I'll give that a try! Does the URI for the printer look right? Or
>>> is
>>> there something more, perhaps, that needs to go between the IP address
>>> and
>>> the printer name (psemu)?
>>>
>>> THANKS!
>>>
>>> Harold
>>
>> I don't know about using the URI.  In system-config-printer, you fill
>> in separate boxes for the printer name, hostname or IP address, and
>> workgroup name.  I just tested it by configuring to print to my wife's
>> Epson printer hooked up to her XP box.
>>
>
>
> Hmmm. Nothing is ever simple. The system-config-printer help says it'll
> scan the network and find shared printers. It didn't. My wife's Windoze ME
> did. I then put in the Workgroup (HomeNet). For server, I tried Sony (the
> name of the machine), 192.168.1.5 (its IP address), and smb://192.168.1.5.
> For share, I used PSEMU (which is what the share is set to, and my wife's
> Windoze machine finds it under that name). For username, I tried "harold"
> since I log into the desktop with the printer with that name, and as
> guest, as suggested in the help file. I set the password that worked on my
> wife's laptop. So far, nothing works. The dialog box keeps coming back.
>
> I'll plug this machine into the network at work tomorrow and see if it
> finds anything there. Any more ideas?
>
> THANKS!
>
> Harold
>


Still fighting this! I find it interesting that Konqueror can find the
shared files on the WinME machine, but printer config cannot find the
shared printer, that my wife's WinME machine can find. I'm sure eventually
I'll get printing through smb working (with your help!). Another
possibility I'm wondering about it IPP. I wonder if there's an IPP
interface (server?) that would run on WinME. It would watch the
appropriate port and send stuff to the printer.

THANKS!

Harold