From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 1 21:38:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B40D416A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:38:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from amcuxfw803.amc.af.mil (amcuxfw803.amc.af.mil [131.9.254.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2B2F43D1F for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:37:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david.hauan@fairchild.af.mil) Received: from amcotav501.amc.af.mil ([131.9.19.192]) by fw3.amc.af.mil with ESMTP id j21LbsAY025301 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:37:54 -0600 (CST) Received: from unknown (HELO AMCW2BH505.amc.ds.af.mil) (131.9.25.136) by amcotav501.amc.af.mil with ESMTP; 01 Mar 2005 15:50:20 -0600 Received: from amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil ([131.9.19.74]) by AMCW2BH505.amc.ds.af.mil with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:37:21 -0600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:37:21 -0600 Message-ID: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6017CC83E@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Printing to a Windows Thread-Index: AcUepeR1mvdQb++HTzCvmx0ieS2DXAAAICZg From: "Hauan David A" To: "Pietro Cerutti" , "FreeBSD" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Mar 2005 21:37:21.0929 (UTC) FILETIME=[D9E97F90:01C51EA6] Subject: RE: Printing to a Windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:38:01 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Pietro Cerutti [mailto:pietro.cerutti@gmail.com]=20 > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:29 PM > To: FreeBSD > Subject: Printing to a Windows >=20 >=20 > Hi folks, > I would like to print from my FreeBSD box to a Windows=20 > printer on a Win2003 server on my LAN. I read the handbook,=20 > the CUPS documentation and the chapter on the Absolute BSD=20 > book, but I can't get things working. >=20 > My problem is that I really can't understand the basis, how=20 > things are connected between cups, samba and the Kde printing system. >=20 > Can anyone explain me how does the thing have to be done? >=20 > some info: > > uname -spr > FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE i386 >=20 > > pkg_info | grep cups | cut -d " " -f 1 > cups-base-1.1.23.0_3 > cups-lpr-1.1.23.0 > cups-pstoraster-7.07_3 >=20 > > pkg_info | grep samba | cut -d " " -f 1 > samba-3.0.11,1 > samba-libsmbclient-3.0.11_1 >=20 > Thank you for helping, best regards If your dead set on CUPS I can't help. Otherwise, Enable print services for unix on the w2k3 box and create a printcap entry for the IP of the w2k3 box just as you would any normal tcp/ip printer. dave