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Date:      Sat, 19 May 2001 21:50:24 +0100
From:      Richard Smith <rdls@rdls.net>
To:        Larry Moe <larry559@hotmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using Win 98 Networked printer?
Message-ID:  <20010519215023.A845@gaia.home.rdls.net>
In-Reply-To: <F218Byh133tYwlib4g30000895e@hotmail.com>; from larry559@hotmail.com on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 11:08:19AM -0400
References:  <F218Byh133tYwlib4g30000895e@hotmail.com>

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On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 11:08:19AM -0400, Larry Moe wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to Unix. I'm setting up FBSD v4.2 to use for in-house web 
> development. It's on a PC connected to an ethernet tcp/ip network that has 
> several Windows 98 machines and several Mac machines.
> 
> (I've accomplished installing FBSD, an X desktop, Netscape 4.08 and Apache.)
> 
> Can I make use of a shared printer on a Windows 98 machine? And if so, where 
> can I find instructions on how to set it up?

The samba port includes the capability to send prints to windows print queues.
See the FreeBSD handbook for a general discussion on setting up printing, and
smbprint (within the samba documentation) for a unix->windows print filter.

Rich.


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