[ILUG] Printing from a W2k machine under CUPS

[John Allen]

On Thursday 01 April 2004 13:33, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I have a little local LAN based on my Linux desktop,
> to which is attached a printer (and the internet).
> There is a Windows-2000 machine on the LAN,
> which accesses the web through the Linux box.
>
> IIRC, I used to be able to print from the Windows machine under RH-7 or 8,
> using CUPS but without using Samba.

I think you are recalling incorrectly.

> But it seems that under Fedora-1 I have to use Samba.
> Is that correct?

Almost certainly.

> (I'm able to print from my Linux laptop without problem.)
>
> Ps I don't know anything about Windows settings,
> and might perfectly well have unset something vital.
> Also I think I was probably using NT-4 when printing worked.
>

A default samba install will export all your cups printers

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