People are always writing about printing from windows but my problem is the opposite. I just installed suse 7.2 pro on a couple of dell optiplex150 at my daughters school. The classrooms each have their own router for net/lan. One of the win 98 machines has a printer which all other machines in the class print to. question 1) What do I need to do to have the linux box print to the Win 98 machine. (I have no networking experience) (yet ;-) Question 2) This will probably make question 1 mute. I believe the printer that the server uses is a gdi printer (lexmark z12 if I remember) Can I print to this since Windows is acting as the server or do I need a "real" printer. This is a 4th/5th grade classroom, the kids ask "Why would I want to use linux. I'm going to have a hard time answering that satisfactorilly if they can't print out their work. -- dh
On Thursday 11 April 2002 09:00, David Herman wrote:
People are always writing about printing from windows but my problem is the opposite.
I just installed suse 7.2 pro on a couple of dell optiplex150 at my daughters school. The classrooms each have their own router for net/lan. One of the win 98 machines has a printer which all other machines in the class print to.
question 1) What do I need to do to have the linux box print to the Win 98 machine. (I have no networking experience) (yet ;-)
Question 2) This will probably make question 1 mute. I believe the printer that the server uses is a gdi printer (lexmark z12 if I remember) Can I print to this since Windows is acting as the server or do I need a "real" printer.
This is a 4th/5th grade classroom, the kids ask "Why would I want to use linux. I'm going to have a hard time answering that satisfactorilly if they can't print out their work.
Hi, David: Do you know whether Samba is set up to read directories from the network computers? If you can locate whoever set up the network, they can show you how it's setup, and what it looks like on a diagram. Then, the others on this list can give you feedback on what to check for, and where to get the info you need to make those kids really happy. And, if you share your situation with us, we all learn, together. Especially the stuff about how to get schools excited about bringing in donated computers and Open Source SuSE ! Thanks, Tom Poe Reno, NV http://www.studioforrecording.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/ http://renotahoe.pm.org/
On Thursday 11 April 2002 09:16 am, tom poe wrote:
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Hi, David: Do you know whether Samba is set up to read directories from the network computers? If you can locate whoever set up the network, they can show you how it's setup, and what it looks like on a diagram. Then, the others on this list can give you feedback on what to check for, and where to get the info you need to make those kids really happy. And, if you share your situation with us, we all learn, together. Especially the stuff about how to get schools excited about bringing in donated computers and Open Source SuSE !
Schools closed for spring break this week but I'll check that next week. When I look for networking info under winders the individual stations say they are set up for printer and file sharing, and I can get workgroup and machine names, I just haven't tried reading directories yet. When I tried (really quickly) to set up printing through the network (using cups) I was told that the Apollo z12 printer was not supported (gdi interface) but I'm hoping that since the Print Server is win 98 I can get around this. Thanks
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On Thursday 11 April 2002 12:31, David Herman wrote: > On Thursday 11 April 2002 09:16 am, tom poe wrote: - - -snip - - - > Schools closed for spring break this week but I'll check that next week. > When I look for networking info under winders the individual stations > say they are set up for printer and file sharing, and I can get > workgroup and machine names, I just haven't tried reading directories > yet. - - -snip - - - Hi: Well, let us know. I would think, you're probably in good shape. If the windoz machines can print, then linux can print, using Samba. There's a book on the Internet, so you don't have to buy it. The url is: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ Thanks, Tom Poe Reno, NV http://www.studioforrecording.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/ http://renotahoe.pm.org/
On Thursday 11 April 2002 12:42 pm, tom poe wrote:
On Thursday 11 April 2002 09:16 am, tom poe wrote:
Hi: Well, let us know. I would think, you're probably in good shape. If the windoz machines can print, then linux can print, using Samba. There's a book on the Internet, so you don't have to buy it. The url is: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/
thanks for the link, I'll let you know how things work out -- dh
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