Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 16:17:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Randy <randyd@nconnect.net> To: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: samba printing Message-ID: <XFMail.960906161854.randyd@nconnect.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960906092635.27970C-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
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Thank you!! It DOES work like a charm!! :) Randy On 06-Sep-96 Nadav Eiron wrote: >I have a similar setup here, and I don't use samba! I say: use TCP/IP and >not NetBIOS if you can have it that way. NT server will let you serve >printers as if it were running lpd. It will even serve remote printers >that it connects to over NetBIOS (like printers connected to Win95 >workstations who can't manage those tricks). > >Look in the NT Networking Manual (I think). There is a chapter on TCP/IP >printing with instructions on how to export an NT printer to a UNIX host. >On the FreeBSD machine, I simply followed the instructions in the >Handbook for setting up a remote lpd printer. Here is my printcap entry: >qms|QMS|qms420|QMS420|QMS 420 via NT:\ > :sh:lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd/qms:rm=darcy.barcode.co.il:\ > :rp=QMS420: > >And lpq -Pqms will give: > Windows NT 3.5 LPD Server > Printer QMS420 > >Owner Status Jobname Job-Id Size Pages Priority >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >It takes some time to answer. Don't hit ^C too soon... >
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