Network Printer...

zaphanol · 08-31-2003, 08:22 PM

i have a printer connected to one of my computers by USB and i have it hooked up so i can get it to be networked! (It runs Windows 98) My second computer can print off just fine (it is Windows XP Home) but i cant seem to get my Red Hat Linux 9 mechine to be working...any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks ahead of time,

tarballedtux · 08-31-2003, 09:33 PM

Check out apsfilter it should be able to do it all for you.

--tarballedtux

Mathieu · 08-31-2003, 09:38 PM

Your printer is connected to a windows98 box, correct.

You can use RedHat's Printer Configuration GUI tool to configure a SMB printer.
Select Networked Windows (SMB)

You can take a look at this documentation for more information.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...b-printer.html

zaphanol · 09-01-2003, 01:20 PM

yeah...ive done all of that and it still doesnt work...

swiftnet · 09-01-2003, 09:42 PM

Try:
smbclient -L w98pcname

If you see the printer as a share, that is good. If not, then it is a little more complicated. The stuff below assumes you'll see the share.

Are you running cups? If not start it.

In cups you can setup the printer.

http://localhost:631 to get to the cups config page.

As administrator, add a new printer. Use the system name or ip address and the share name of the printer.