Printing from Linux to shared Windows printer
Printing from Linux to shared Windows printer
CUPS can't seem to find the shared printer on the Windows machines (for that matter, it couldn't find a network printer either, I had to tell it the ip address). How do I find the path through the computer with the desired shared printer? looking at properties in Windows, I see nothing like a shared pathname (not just the printer's shared name).
"Cogito, ergo es. I think, therefore you is." [i]Ray D. Tutto (King of the Moon) to Baron Munschaussen[/i]
n0ukf,
CUPS is not very smart about finding printers. Here is how I set up CUPS for a shared Windows printer: The smbc is for 'samba connection', the 192.168.1.100 is the address of the machine which is sharing its printer and the remainder is the exact name of the printer as known by its host.
I have had CUPS to not even find a printer connected to the computer on which CUPS is running.
CUPS is not very smart about finding printers. Here is how I set up CUPS for a shared Windows printer:
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smbc://192.168.1.100/HP Color LaserJet 4500 PS
I have had CUPS to not even find a printer connected to the computer on which CUPS is running.
[i]Puppy 5.2.8.7, Full Install[/i]
CUPS does not auto-detect Windows shared printers. Read here under "Connecting to a Windows Shared Printer".
It explains how to find the correct device names in Windows.
It explains how to find the correct device names in Windows.
Just to be clear, you do NOT need to install a Samba package. The necessary Samba client tools are already in Puppy.As Hotdog said to an extent of first you have to use Samba.