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Re: [SLE] Howto for connecting to an Epson Aculaser C900 on a XP box
- From: Ken Schneider <suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:12:45 -0400
- Message-id: <1118963565.19512.19.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 22:41 +0100, Sean Rima wrote:
> On Thursday 16 June 2005 22:26, Ken Schneider wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 22:14 +0100, Sean Rima wrote:
> > > I have a Epson Aculaser C900 laser printer on a XP box which I want to
> > > print to from my linux laptop. Anyone know of an howto for this setup
> >
> > Hummm.
> >
> > Share the printer from XP and configure as an smb printer in cups?
> >
>
> Tried that and when I do a test print, all I get in the XP server thingy is
> Error - Printing - Spooling. I have a feeling that this printer cannot be
> used as such
>
Did you try using different drivers in cups?
--
Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably
the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
> On Thursday 16 June 2005 22:26, Ken Schneider wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 22:14 +0100, Sean Rima wrote:
> > > I have a Epson Aculaser C900 laser printer on a XP box which I want to
> > > print to from my linux laptop. Anyone know of an howto for this setup
> >
> > Hummm.
> >
> > Share the printer from XP and configure as an smb printer in cups?
> >
>
> Tried that and when I do a test print, all I get in the XP server thingy is
> Error - Printing - Spooling. I have a feeling that this printer cannot be
> used as such
>
Did you try using different drivers in cups?
--
Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably
the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
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