Re: Using a HP Printer connected to a Windows PC

Quoting G=E9rard Delafond <[email protected]>:

> Hi all !
>
> I had to move a HP 2410 from a Linux box to a Windows box (XP).
>
> When I say to cups (http://127.0.0.12:631) to install the windows p=
rinter, I
> can choose HP in the list, then I don't have the name of the printe=
r in the
> list (I had it when the printer was connected to the Linux box). So=
, I
> cannot
> choose a printer. If I choose "raw" printing, I hear the Windows pr=
inter
> make
> some noise, so I know I can access to it.
>
> The Linux box uses HPIJS. could it be solved by using HPLIP ? Shoul=
d I start
> manually HPIJS to obtain the name of the printer in the list ?
>
> Thanks to anybody who could try to help me.
>
> Gerard

Your looking to do something that cups doesn't support directly. I su=
ggest
looking at
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/01/13/lnxckbk_samba.ht=
ml
and
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printin=
g.html

You'll have to setup up samba and then setup cups to use samba to pri=
nt to. You
might find it easier to do it the reverse way around, setup the print=
er on linux
and make it available over samba as a network printer.

--
Darragh

"Nothing's foolproof to a sufficently talented fool"



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