Fedora 10 File and Printer Sharing

manuleka · 02-27-2009, 12:14 AM

i'm working on enabling file sharing between my MSI WIND - Fedora 10 and my PC - Windows XP Sp3

http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.ph...amba_Server.29

now would enabling file sharing also alow me to access my printer on my Windows Machine? it's already on shared on my XP box...

pablob · 02-27-2009, 02:29 PM

Well, I guess you don't need samba to access a remote printer. You need samba to SHARE a printer (if the printer was connected to the linux machine and you were trying to print FROM win xp).

I use kde print wizard to connect to network printers as well as shared printers, which is REALLY powerful and easy to set up. As far as I know, there's NO Samba involved in connecting to a remote printer.

pentode · 02-27-2009, 03:09 PM

Yes, you access printers connected to Windows machines via samba client and CUPS. Printer sharing in Windows has to be enabled.