Hi all,

I've a HP LaserJet 5000 printer connected to the Windows 2000 Server machine and I'm trying to print to the printer from my RedHat 7.1 Linux box.

I tried to set up the printer by typing "printconf-gui" tool in KDE and I've entered the following information:

Queue Name: NetPrinter
Queue Type: Windows Printer (SMB Share)
Share: server_name/HPLaser5000
User: Martian
Host IP: 192.168.0.2 (IP of Windows 2000 Server box)
Password: (None)
Workgroup: DOMAIN
Translate \n => \r\n: enabled

and I've selected the appropriate driver in the Printer Driver list. Then I restarted the lpd daemon by clicking Apply and tried to print a test page. However, the HP printer does not respond at all.

My Linux box has joined the workgroup DOMAIN in which other Windows machines are and I've created an account for my Linux box at the Windows 2000 server too. All the other Windows machine can use the HP printer normally.

Here's how my /etc/printcap looks like:

NetPrinter:\
:sh:\
:ml=0:\
:mx=0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/NetPrinter:\
:lp=|/usr/share/printconf/smbprint:\
:lpd_bounce=true:\
:if=/usr/share/printconf/mf_wrapper:

Does anyone know what I might have done wrong or missed? Thanks a lot!

bah

I tried changing the slashes to backslashes but it didn't work. Plus, it says

//machinename/printer

in my RedHat customization guide.

I checked the /var/spool/lpd/NetPrinter/log file and I noticed the following:

Martian NetPrinter: Printer_open: printer 'NetPrinter' missing lp_device value.

Does this hint that I should include a line like

:lp=/dev/null:\

in my /etc/printcap file? Should I include the remote host line ":rm=remotehost:\" too? Thanks a lot!

lol you shouldn't be asking, and more trying, sounds like they'd work.

Unfortunatly im not a super printer guru, hehe

Now I can print the test pages using the KDE print configuration tool. I can also print a text file by typing

lpr filename

at the command prompt. However, I cannot print at ANY of the KOffice tools, namely, KWord, KSpread, KPresenter and KIllustrator. I can print in web browser such a Mozilla though.

Does any body have a clue why it's like that? Thanks!