printing through samba

doralsoral · 08-10-2004, 03:44 PM

is there a gui or anything i can get to confgure my printer ive got an epson set up on a windows machine and iw ant to be able to use it from my gentoo box. any suggestions?

shanenin · 08-10-2004, 03:58 PM

have you checked out the wonderful gento doc on setting up a printer, this also includes using samba to do it
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml

doralsoral · 08-10-2004, 09:28 PM

yeah i think i read that a while back and it looked like a lot of stuff and i was wodnering if there was a gui i coul dget or something, im guessing not, i just thought id ask, if not i'll try and do it the hard way.

shanenin · 08-10-2004, 09:37 PM

it may not be gui based, but it is pretty easy. It steps you through everything, step by step. That is what I used to set up cups. I will be reinstalling and networking with windows soon, I will be in the same boat as you soon. I will definately be following the guide.

doralsoral · 08-12-2004, 11:38 PM

i just read this howto and i didnt exactly see what i was looking for. it tells you how to prtint from a windows box to a linux box bot not the other way around, which is what i need. i got gnome-cups-manager but it says it cant add the printer.