Printing to printer on Windoze machine 2006-03-21 - By Bob McClure Jr
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:41:39AM -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 05:42:49AM -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> >> The next, in my long list of projects, is to be able to print from my
> >> FC4
> >> laptop to a Xerox 950 printer on a Windoze ME machine on the network. I
> >> set it up to emulate a Postscript printer following the instructions at
> >> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/heretrythis/hp3100/psemu9x.html . I am
> >> able
> >> to print to it as an Apple something or another from my wife's Windoze
> >> ME
> >> laptop on the network, so it appears to be properly emulating postscript
> >> and being shared.
> >>
> >> On my laptop, I go to http://localhost:631/ and try to set up the
> >> printer.
> >
> > Do I recall correctly that that is the web interface to CUPS admin?
> > If so, drop it like a hot potato. I tried to use it when changed
> > printers and never got the printer to print right. I even lodged a
> > bug report on CUPS. Then I used "system-config-printer" to set it up
> > and all became sweetness and light.
> >
> >> I give the URI (which is where I think the problem is) as
> >> smb://192.168.1.5/psemu where psemu is what the printer is named on the
> >> Windoze machine (and how it shows up on my wife's laptop). When I try to
> >> print to it, I get "ERROR: Connection failed with error
> >> NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL".
> >>
> >> Finally, if I use Konqueror, I CAN see the shared directories and files
> >> at
> >> smb://192.168.1.5 .
> >>
> >> So... what am I doing wrong?
> >>
> >> THANKS!
> >>
> >> Harold
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
>
>
> OK, I'll give that a try! Does the URI for the printer look right? Or is
> there something more, perhaps, that needs to go between the IP address and
> the printer name (psemu)?
>
> THANKS!
>
> Harold
I don't know about using the URI. In system-config-printer, you fill
in separate boxes for the printer name, hostname or IP address, and
workgroup name. I just tested it by configuring to print to my wife's
Epson printer hooked up to her XP box.
Cheers,
--
Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
bob@(protected) http://www.bobcatos.com
The best things in life aren't things.
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