Re: Windows Printing Support in Linux

tabris wrote:

> 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.
> 

Hmm well if you have a network icon edit its command to look something like
this.

kfmclient openProfile filemanagement smb:/

That should give you a network neighborhood equivalent, however it dosn't
appear to show printers. 
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