Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 01:54:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Manas <bhatt_manas@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to print to a Windows box Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10110040151020.83374-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <20011003072239.22302.qmail@web10702.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Manas wrote: > hi, > I am running FreeBSD 4.3 stable. My problem is the > following :-- > I want to print documents to a network printer but > the network printer is connected to a Windows NT box. > I don't know how to proceed. Can anybody give some > pointers. > thanks > manas > In addition to Samba (which you should get working first) you would probably like apsfilter (version 6.1.1 or later) because it will install the printer driver you need for your particular printer as well as creating an smbclient.conf file that will be used when you print to that printer. (There are alternatives to apsfilter, but apsfilter seems to be the most used.) Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: mall.daemonnews.org and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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