Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:47:39 +0000 From: Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing to a Windows Message-ID: <e572718c050301134752f407e3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6017CC83E@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> References: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6017CC83E@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil>
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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 <user> 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=<host-name>:rp=HPLaserJ: > where <host-name> is replaced with the effective name, which is mapped into /etc/hosts On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:37:21 -0600, Hauan David A <david.hauan@fairchild.af.mil> 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 <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> <piter@beansidhe.ch> Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal <www.beansidhe.ch> Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming or what?"
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