*- On 9 Jun, Kent West wrote about "Re: How to print on shared Windows printers from debian?" > Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > >> Hi All! >> >> Is there any way to print from debian on a printer connected to the >> Winblows machine on the same LAN? >> I found information about smbprint in SMB-HOWTO.pz, but there is no such >> utility in my Debian 2.1 box. :-( >> I have installed both samba & smbfs. >> > > I don't believe you need samba in order to print to a Windows-served printer > (IIRC, > samba makes your *nix box look like an NT server). You might need smbfs if the > Windows server is not running TCP/IP, but if it is running TCP/IP, you should > just be > able to just set up your /etc/printcap file for remote printing. I can't get > to my > printcap right now so I can't give you an example, but I'm sure you can find > one > maybe in the PrintingHOWTO or something similar. >
True, you don't need smbd, nmbd or smbfs but you do need the smbclient program in the smbclient package. Windows printers are not serverd the same as unix based lpd servers. They still sit behind the smb protocol and are 'shared'. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
