Re: Windows Printing Support in Linux

On Sunday 02 January 2005 12:39 am, Luke wrote:
> tabris wrote:
> > No, I don't mean using WinPrinters in Linux, I mean... using
> > Windows Shared Printers (hooked to other computers, shared over the
> > network).
> >
> > I need to find a wizard that makes the use of these printers (and
> > hell, SMB/CIFS shares) as easy as it is in Windows. I'd love
> > transparent file-share mounts, but that might be too much to ask.
> >
> > So far for File-Share mounts, i've found smb4k, but it's not quite
> > easy enough. I need something like Network Neighborhood.
> >
> > No, I don't use Ark yet. I have long been interested in the
> > distribution, but am largely waiting for it to hit some kind of
> > release where the developers say it is 'stable and ready'.
> >
> > At present I use Mandrake for its relative ease-of-use and
> > flexibility. At this point I am seriously considering switching to
> > something better.
> >
> > I know many of you have probably had similar problems before, so
> > believe it best to ask these questions of you.
> >
> > --
> > tabris
> > -
> > A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of
> > many bad measures.
> > -- Daniel Webster
>
> kde 3.3 should have integrated smb file shares it does here, and cups
> works perfectly fine for sharing windows printers. You just have to
> select cups as your print server in the addd printer wizzard that kde
> should provide. You will also have to turn off bi-directional support
> on your windows printer as windows actually does not support
> bi-directional network printing.
	Hmm. i think I currently have 3.2.3, and tho smb://computer/share/path 
works fine, there's no way to browse with that that I have found.

	I'll look into the second one... I was playing with Mandrake's config 
tool, and although it would find my other linux with CUPS printers, it 
did not find the printers on the windows computers. 

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