From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 1 21:47:40 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 98EA416A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:47:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2090F43D31 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:47:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pietro.cerutti@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so4991rng for ; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:47:39 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=sF1CenZcPTwKzxxLq8uflM2fYaoCEvmpV1igSO5yOEMgNM88bqyVay7A/pf9+wka3l49YlPHtFDnNIewtpx0MwzmrbFB+J5HRZmuEmKjmRVfg2uH6ZhZKU/tSt2Jol1h/O8CN8OFPOoFu6JP4fafEtjBRGkU9xtcjuEVEoX3Sco= Received: by 10.38.125.59 with SMTP id x59mr16519rnc; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:47:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.13.13 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:47:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:47:39 +0000 From: Pietro Cerutti To: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6017CC83E@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6017CC83E@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> Subject: Re: Printing to a Windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pietro Cerutti List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:47:40 -0000 Yes, I think the problem is in CUPS. The Unix Printing System service on w2k3 is enabled, and the /etc/printcap is ok (i followed the instructions on the books). I created a "test" plain text file > lp test > > lpq Warning: no daemon present Rank Owner Job Files Total Size 3rd 9 test 5 bytes > but the print server doesn't receive any input. This is my /etc/printcap configuration: > cat /etc/printcap lp|HPLaserJ:rm=:rp=HPLaserJ: > where is replaced with the effective name, which is mapped into /etc/hosts On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:37:21 -0600, Hauan David A wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pietro Cerutti [mailto:pietro.cerutti@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:29 PM > > To: FreeBSD > > Subject: Printing to a Windows > > > > > > Hi folks, > > I would like to print from my FreeBSD box to a Windows > > printer on a Win2003 server on my LAN. I read the handbook, > > the CUPS documentation and the chapter on the Absolute BSD > > book, but I can't get things working. > > > > My problem is that I really can't understand the basis, how > > things are connected between cups, samba and the Kde printing system. > > > > Can anyone explain me how does the thing have to be done? > > > > some info: > > > uname -spr > > FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE i386 > > > > > 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 > > > > > pkg_info | grep samba | cut -d " " -f 1 > > samba-3.0.11,1 > > samba-libsmbclient-3.0.11_1 > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Pietro "Piter" Cerutti Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming or what?"