From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 11:21:41 2002 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 586E137B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:21:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A18F43E42 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:21:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 18309 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2002 18:21:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 23 Jul 2002 18:21:37 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 770D1412; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 20:21:36 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 20:21:36 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Samuel Chow , Mike Galvez Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: using a printer shared from a windows machine Message-ID: <20020723182136.GE7060@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Samuel Chow , Mike Galvez , freebsd-questions References: <20020723132904.GA7060@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20020723175142.GB16562@mail.virginia.edu> <20020723132904.GA7060@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <007501c2325d$4b135260$2784412f@ca.nortel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020723175142.GB16562@mail.virginia.edu> <007501c2325d$4b135260$2784412f@ca.nortel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Mike Galvez > > > or, do i have any other options if i want to print on that printer? > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Does the printer have a Jet-Direct card? no, but it most probably won't be necessary. see below. > From: "Samuel Chow" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roman Neuhauser" > > i have this problem: my computer is the only non-windows > > pc in the office. There's one NT4 server with a shared HP 5L > > which the other win2k boxen use for printing. > > [snip] > > Or, do i have any other options if i want to print on that printer? > > Samba cab help in this situation. > Install samba and look at the file > /usr/local/share/examples/samba/printing/smbprint. > Your answer is right there. BTW, my samba is > 2.0.7, it might at a different location in > the newer versions. > > How did I know this? I was the rebel in my > office a couple of years ago too. 8-) well, mister, this looks like just what i need! big kudos to you! (i have a small problem resolving the netbios name of the box with the printer, but that's nothing a bit of RTFMing wouldn't cure... at least i hope so! :) -- FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE 8:00PM up 7 days, 6:19, 8 users, load averages: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message