(Slackware 13)

Sorry if I come across agitated, but I've been fighting to get my printer working for hours now and I have real work that needs to get printed.

Printer is on a Windows XP share. Samba is working and I can share files fine across network. Now I need the printer to work.

This is printer I want to use (real workgroup/host names being changed for example):

# smbtree
Password:
WORKGROUP
.
.
.
\\WINXP\HP LaserJet 1020

Smbclient can see it.

(For this example)
WORKGROUP = WORKGROUP
HOST = WINXP
PRINTER = HP Laserjet 1020
(This is the real name of the printer.)

So, I try to config it in cups with the web interface.

http://127.0.0.1:631

Add Printer, Name/Location/Description (self explanatory)
Device: Windows Printer via Samba

Device URI: smb

STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP.

What is the convention used here? None of these worked.

smb://WINXP/HP LaserJet 1020
smb://WINXP/"HP LaserJet 1020"
smb://WORKGROUP/WINXP/HP LaserJet 1020
smb://WORKGROUP/WINXP/"HP LaserJet 1020"
smb://192.168.0.110/HP LaserJet 1020
smb://192.168.0.110/"HP LaserJet 1020"

(Depending on what Howto you read, you get a different story of what the convention is.)

and then you have this "user:info" thing that I've tried every combination of.

What 'user'? User on the Linux computer or user on the WinXP computer? What is the story here?

Basically, what do I actually type into this "Device URI" box ???
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Do you have CUPS installed on your system?

Hello, thank you for the reply. Yes, CUPS is installed and working. I have a standalone network (IP) printer working under CUPS, but I really need the Windows-shared (laser) printer working.

The standalone (IP) printer is ink and ink is expensive. I'm going to be printing hundreds of pages out at a time and need to use the laser printer.

CUPS can serve the windows shared printer.

Its working now.

Downloaded and built foo2zjs from source and then selected it's HP 1020 PPD.

# wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz

Convention simply was:
smb://hostname/printername

(Although I did use IP for hostname as that is one less thing to eventually break.)
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Most HP Laserjet printers use hplip. Using Google with the terms `hplip HP Laserjet 1020' brings up this page:
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web...rjet_1020.html
Which may be helpful for others using this printer.