smb printer configuration problem

soumalya · 02-08-2007, 05:03 AM

My Printer server

OS: windows 2000
Printer Share Name: hp1010 (share to everyone)
User id :administrator
Password: xyzsom
Domain: central
Machine name: IIMT

My redhat client Machine

OS: RHEL 3
User: admin
Password: rhelsom
Machine name: rhelsom

When I configure smb printer this IIMT machine shows in the queue but when I click on this name no printer is showing .

I can access all the shared folder in windows machine form RHEL

Can anyone pls help me?

Thanks

james.farrow · 02-09-2007, 10:17 AM

This may be of some help.
I have cups running on my print server box, and all I did to share the printer with my windows boxes was use the add printer applet in windows and put the host name of the linux box in i.e \\homebox.example.com\

then windows find the printer and I installed the driver.

soumalya · 02-10-2007, 01:47 AM

thanks

but i want share my windows printer with RHEL (samba).

but I cant access my printer when configuring samba printer.