[ILUG] Re: printcap settings and windows printer

[Conor Daly]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 02:42:17PM +0100 or thereabouts, michael conry wrote:
> I did something similar myself, to allow me to print to the office
> laserjet 5si from my linux box. I use apsfilter (and find it very good)
>
> sort things out. (or you could do like Conor says and put the printer on
> your linux box and share to windows)
That's *not* what I said though it's my preferred option.  I assumed he
wanted to keep the printer on the Windows box and share it using M$ File
and Print Sharing (The trouble there is that you can't print from your Linux
box when Windows Hangs, Crashes, needs a reboot, is busy playing DOS mode
games etc...).  You then use the smbprint mothod to print from Linux to the
printer connected to the Windows box.  The RH printtool will allow you to
set up a print queue to a remote printer on a M$ box, just choose "Samba
Printer" and off you go.

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