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Old 12-17-2002, 01:20 AM   #1
doublefailure
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printer sharing

is it necessary to set up samba for printer sharing?

the printer is locally attached to my linux machine using cups(localhost:631)

client will be winXP, and linux in the same network and win2000 from outside..

i'm not sure if i need samba..

thx for the help
 
Old 12-17-2002, 04:07 AM   #2
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yup. you need to setup samba. configure your printer first (locally) and then make sure that your smb.conf file has these lines enabled:

printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
 
  


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