I have been trying for days to allow printing to a SLackware 14.2 64 bit system, cups printer, without success.

I have a Samsung ML-1670 series printer USB attached to Slack. I can print locally, and from other SLackware systems to the ML-1670. All systems are on a local lan.

I want to create printer definitions on a Vista 32 bit system, and on a Win 7 32 bit system.

I have tried using the Vista "wizard". Simply put, it does not work.
I have the correct Samsung print driver installed on the Vista system.

The Slackware box is dual boot with Win Vista also. I have set both Vista system up, and can print from the client to the Vista server.

I know this is not a hardware issue. When I bring up Slack on the server, I can use samba ( same server as cups ) and use files either way.


I have looked at many online documents. I can not find a How To for Vista or Win7 that explains how to make a printer definition that allows printing to a cups printer.

I found this in one of the how tos.

How do I enter this into a Vista wizard? Is there some file(s) I need to edit to add this? ( http://server-name-or-ip:631/printers/printername )

As always, your thoughts are appreciated.

I think you need to set up Vista or Win7 to print to the cups server as a raw printer ... no driver or raw driver.

Don

Sorry, print to Samba as a raw printer, its been a long time. I went to a network printer myself

It seems like it should be possible from the howto you quoted (I imagine there must be some way of doing it through the "Add Printer" wizard in the Control Panel). If you do manage to work out the way to add it using IPP, could you add the information to this howto? That documents the process of adding a client for a Mac, but I've never been able to test it with Windows.

http://www.zedt.eu/tech/windows/inst...in-windows-10/

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...orum=w7itproui

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Thanks BratPit !

I'll try out IPP a local Win10 Machine this weekend

But I wonder if it will also work with Vista / Win7 ?

-- kjh

Progress. First of all, I would prefer to not go through samba for printing.

I went to the first link BratPit posted, and followed that procedure. I checked to make sure Internet Printing Client was enabled, it was. I did not do anything there.

Second, I had a local printer for the ML-1670 installed. I did that a different way than is described in that link. My cups ( Slackware ) server system is dual boot with Win Vista. I had booted it (Vista), and added the ML-1670 to the Vista laptop. This caused the driver for the ML-1670 to get installed on the laptop, in the lappys print server.

Last thing, I followed the procedure to add the printer to cups server. The printer added. I tested it by opening a document in Open Office, and it printed. So, One down ( Vista ) now on to Win7. I will post back after I try to add the printer there. The Win7 box is my wifes laptop; so I have to wait until its available.

There are some minor differences in the dialogs in Vista, compared to the Win 10 example. I would think most Slackers will get through those without much difficulty.

I added the printer to Win7, and it is working.

The procedure was to add the ML-1670 as a local printer first. I checked and was able to print from Open Office to the ML-1670.

I then moved the printer back onto Slackware, and followed the same procedure listed on the above post. The printer added, and I can print to it over the network.

Thank-you to those that responded.

This problem is resolved.

camorri,
Just in case you haven't thought of it, make sure the slackware computer with the printer has a static ip address. If the address changes the windows pc's will need to be modified with the new address.

linuxthinker,

Thank-you for your thoughts. Yes, the server has a fixed IP address. Only mobile devices on my network use DHCP.