Well, this is one question I was wanting to ask here...

See, I have Mandrake 10.0 Official and I can view and mount directories in linneighborhood...However, it doesnt allow me to install a shared printer by either double clicking the printer icon or by right clicking the printer icon and clicking 'mount'....In fact, nothing happens if I try to left click or right click the printer icon while browing shares in linnieghborhood...

In contrast, under windows 2000 or 98, I can just double click a printer and it gets installed, or i can right click the printer and click 'Connect' and I can use the shared printer without a hassle....

Can anyone explain why I am unable to do so in linneighborhood...If it allows me to mount shared folders, then why not let me connect to a shared printer on my lan in the same way ???

Is that a case of missing functionality in linneighborhood ??

--amit

LinNeighborhood is only concerned with browsing file shares. Its not intended to handle shared printers.

Printers are handled differently than shares in Samba.

If you need to set up a printer, and you use KDE (which I'm assuming you do since you're using Mandrake) go to KDE Control Center (aka Configure my Desktop)-->Peripherals-->Printers. Then Click on Add, Add Printer/Class, then select SMB Shared Printer, and then enter the server, workgroup, and name of shared printer.