Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 11:10:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michael C. Newell" <mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> To: Thor Clark <thor@paxs.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up a network printer Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950810110829.23012E-100000@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950730114427.7208C-100000@localhost>
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On Sun, 30 Jul 1995, Thor Clark wrote: > I've got a good one--I'm running FreeBSD networked with > a few Win95 machines. These machines can route through the > FreeBSD machine, and I can ping them, etc, and ftp directly > to them. There is no WinNT server, though. > > One of these machines has an HP laser printer connected to it, > and I'd like to print directly from the FreeBSD machine to > the printer. I have no idea how to do this -- if anyone has > any ideas please let me know, or pointers, anything really. > TIA How about snarfing a copy of WinLPD? It's available in the simtel collection on wcarchive... Run it on the Windoze machine (it's a Winsock app and should be compatable with MS TCP) and set up a remote printer in the FreeBSD machine... Thanks, Mike +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein are | |NASA Science Internet Network Systems | my own, and do not necessarily | |Sterling Software, Inc. | reflect those of the NSI program, | |MNewell@nsipo.nasa.gov | Sterling Software, NASA, or anyone | |+1-202-434-8954 | else. | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | work: http://www.eco.nsi.nasa.gov/~mnewell | | home: http://www.newell.arlington.va.us | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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