i am a new user to linux. so many drawbacks and knows a little abt linux.

this is a lab which contains 10 systems connected through a network. the systems contains redhat linux version 9.

an hp printer is connected to the server and it is installed there.
how can i share the priter with other systems. that is ,
i need a printout of the file which is residing in a client. is it possible without copying the file to the server?then please tell me how it is?

also tell me how we share the the printer connected to a client?

thank you

Are you using CUPS? because if you are, and it's configured correctly, all you have to do is set up CUPS on the client computers (since you already did it once), and edit this section in /etc/cups/client.conf:

# ServerName: the hostname of your server. By default CUPS will use the
# hostname of the system or the value of the CUPS_SERVER environment
# variable. ONLY ONE SERVER NAME MAY BE SPECIFIED AT A TIME. To use
# more than one server you must use a local scheduler with browsing
# and possibly polling.
#

ServerName (Ip address of servercomputer)


if your not, and you want to, or need more information fast, take a look at this site:



http://www.cups.org/documentation.php

hello dear,

use samba server to attach the printer to ur network, if u have to attach it from linux machine. It also works on windows.

for more go to the url:

www.linuxhomenetworking.com

i hope after getting the stuf from this , ur problem will be solved soon.

cheers
bye bye

if you only occasionally need to print a single file,
you can directly print it using lp:

or whatever command you use normally to print on the printer machine
most commands understand "-" as filename meaning "read data from stdin".
you can create an alias to this command using

Now you can print any ps file using "myprint filename.ps"

This is what i use on my laptop at the university...

HTH,
Flo