Need help printing from Win98 shared printer
Here's the background info: My wife and I each have our own systems at home. She has a laptop with Win98 and I have 8.0. We're both connected to a router for our internet connection. I have been able to start Samba and have her see my hard drive (not that one! the one on my computer). So we can connect with each other. We have an HP 1170cxi that's attached to her laptop (both belong to her company). So this morning I decided to share the HP that was connected to laptop so I could print from it. From my machine, I managed to use YAST and find the printer. But that's where the story ends. I could not figure out how to set it up in KDE under print manager. At one point I managed to find the printer but could not print anything to it, I think I used RLPR to do so. My question is what do ya'll think I should use as a print system to do this? CUPS, Unix LPD, LPR or RLPR??? I found it strange that YAST could find the printer but KDE Printing Manager couldn't. Feel free to start tossing ideas!!! Thanks, Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com
Hi To be short, install LPR, configure samba-printer with yast2, give the IP and printer name if needed (get it in text-console with command "smbclient -L <laptop-ip>"). Then it should work. Jaska. On Friday 01 November 2002 00:16, Tom Nielsen wrote:
Here's the background info: My wife and I each have our own systems at home. She has a laptop with Win98 and I have 8.0. We're both connected to a router for our internet connection. I have been able to start Samba and have her see my hard drive (not that one! the one on my computer). So we can connect with each other. We have an HP 1170cxi that's attached to her laptop (both belong to her company).
So this morning I decided to share the HP that was connected to laptop so I could print from it. From my machine, I managed to use YAST and find the printer. But that's where the story ends. I could not figure out how to set it up in KDE under print manager. At one point I managed to find the printer but could not print anything to it, I think I used RLPR to do so.
My question is what do ya'll think I should use as a print system to do this? CUPS, Unix LPD, LPR or RLPR???
I found it strange that YAST could find the printer but KDE Printing Manager couldn't.
Feel free to start tossing ideas!!!
Thanks, Tom
Jaska, I think that's what I did in YAST2 and it found it. (Unfortunately I did this this morning and can't remember exactly what I did). I guess the problem was getting it setup in KDE's Printing Manager. Tom On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 15:17, jaakko tamminen wrote: Hi To be short, install LPR, configure samba-printer with yast2, give the IP and printer name if needed (get it in text-console with command "smbclient -L <laptop-ip>"). Then it should work. Jaska. On Friday 01 November 2002 00:16, Tom Nielsen wrote: > Here's the background info: My wife and I each have our own systems at > home. She has a laptop with Win98 and I have 8.0. We're both connected > to a router for our internet connection. I have been able to start Samba > and have her see my hard drive (not that one! the one on my computer). > So we can connect with each other. We have an HP 1170cxi that's > attached to her laptop (both belong to her company). > > So this morning I decided to share the HP that was connected to laptop > so I could print from it. From my machine, I managed to use YAST and > find the printer. But that's where the story ends. I could not figure > out how to set it up in KDE under print manager. At one point I managed > to find the printer but could not print anything to it, I think I used > RLPR to do so. > > My question is what do ya'll think I should use as a print system to do > this? CUPS, Unix LPD, LPR or RLPR??? > > I found it strange that YAST could find the printer but KDE Printing > Manager couldn't. > > Feel free to start tossing ideas!!! > > Thanks, > Tom -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com
Jaska,
I think that's what I did in YAST2 and it found it. (Unfortunately I did this this morning and can't remember exactly what I did). I guess the problem was getting it setup in KDE's Printing Manager.
Tom
On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 15:17, jaakko tamminen wrote:
Hi
To be short, install LPR, configure samba-printer with yast2, give the IP and printer name if needed (get it in text-console with command "smbclient -L <laptop-ip>").
Then it should work.
Jaska.
On Friday 01 November 2002 00:16, Tom Nielsen wrote: > Here's the background info: My wife and I each have our own systems at > home. She has a laptop with Win98 and I have 8.0. We're both connected > to a router for our internet connection. I have been able to start Samba > and have her see my hard drive (not that one! the one on my computer). > So we can connect with each other. We have an HP 1170cxi that's > attached to her laptop (both belong to her company). > > So this morning I decided to share the HP that was connected to laptop > so I could print from it. From my machine, I managed to use YAST and > find the printer. But that's where the story ends. I could not
When you say "Attached to my wife's laptop", do you mean it's attached to
the parallel port? I have an HP1100 connected (LPT1) to and shared on a
Windoze XPee machine and can't get to it whatsoever from my Linux laptop.
Linux see's the printer in LinNeighborhood, but I can't mount it, and YaST
doesn't see it at all.
I'd realize I can configure the printer using IP, but then I have to get a
JetDirect box. Is there a way to configure this printer to share
Linux/Windoze without using IP? If there's documentation on this, it's not
from SuSe.
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From: "Tom Nielsen"
> out how to set it up in KDE under print manager. At one point I
managed
> to find the printer but could not print anything to it, I think I
used
> RLPR to do so. > > My question is what do ya'll think I should use as a print system to
do
> this? CUPS, Unix LPD, LPR or RLPR??? > > I found it strange that YAST could find the printer but KDE Printing > Manager couldn't. > > Feel free to start tossing ideas!!! > > Thanks, > Tom
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Yes, attached to my wife's parallel port. If I can get my situation
working I might be able to help on the XP thing. Sorry.
We used to use the router, which had a parallel port attached to it and
it became a print server, but she had to use the printer as a scanner,
so bye-bye to that. <boy am I glad i spent the extra couple bucks on
that now useless feature>
I'm not sure if there's a way to do it without an IP, but to me it would
seem like you need the 2 computers connected some how.
Tom
On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 21:35, Dan Coalman wrote:
When you say "Attached to my wife's laptop", do you mean it's attached to
the parallel port? I have an HP1100 connected (LPT1) to and shared on a
Windoze XPee machine and can't get to it whatsoever from my Linux laptop.
Linux see's the printer in LinNeighborhood, but I can't mount it, and YaST
doesn't see it at all.
I'd realize I can configure the printer using IP, but then I have to get a
JetDirect box. Is there a way to configure this printer to share
Linux/Windoze without using IP? If there's documentation on this, it's not
from SuSe.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Nielsen"
On 11/01/2002 01:52 PM, Tom Nielsen wrote:
Yes, attached to my wife's parallel port. If I can get my situation working I might be able to help on the XP thing. Sorry.
We used to use the router, which had a parallel port attached to it and it became a print server, but she had to use the printer as a scanner, so bye-bye to that. <boy am I glad i spent the extra couple bucks on that now useless feature>
I would suggest using CUPS. You can use the KDE Printing Manager to set it up, and it can find a Windows shared printer. It is quite straight forward using the Printing Manager, which is the old Kups. That is my current printing arrangement, printing to a Windows shared printer via the network. HTH. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace God, I am what I am.
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