Hello.

i wanna ask you all,that how can i access laser printer on windows system from mepis linux.

i mean i've installed mepis on my computer and i have add printer in linux through wizard. Now i want to access laser printer which is directly connected to Windows machine,and both computers(windows machine & linux machine) are on same workgroup.

plz tell me if it could resolve through samba then how can i configer samba for that and if it resolve from other mean then plz also tell me. Hope for the best..

Thanks& regards


ACBL

You have to have the cups packages (Common UNIX Printing System) installed. I think these are installed by default on all major distributions.

Is the printer directly connected to a Windows PC? Or is it connected to a little ethernet printserver box? If it's directly connected to a Windows PC, you have to have Samba installed, but your post seemed to imply you already have Samba installed and working. If it's connected to a little box, it's easier, although you need to know what URI to use.

To set it up in cups
Goto http://localhost:631/,

• Click Manage Printers,
• Click Add Printer,
• Enter username root and password,
• Fill in the requested information

If it's connected to a little networked printserver box, your URI may be one of these or similar (substituting the actual IP address it is assigned):
lpd://192.168.1.100:515/LPT1_PASSTHRU
socket://192.168.1.100:9100