Hi all, Is it possible to use a printer attached to a WinXP computer from Linux (Suse) using only console mode, ie. no graphic mode?
Thomas Bergstam wrote:> > Hi all, > > Is it possible to use a printer attached to a WinXP computer from Linux > (Suse) using only console mode, ie. no graphic mode? > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/sambaSure, as long as you have an entry for the printer in the /etc/printcap file, or whatever print paradigm you are using. Joe -- #----------------------------------------------------------# # Penguinix Consulting # #----------------------------------------------------------# # Software development, QA and testing. # # Linux support and training. # # "Don't fear the penguin!" # #----------------------------------------------------------# # Registered Linux user: #309247 http://counter.li.org # #----------------------------------------------------------#
Il 3 Jan 2004 alle 10:46 Joe Cipale immise in rete> Thomas Bergstam wrote: > > Is it possible to use a printer attached to a WinXP computer from > > Linux (Suse) using only console mode, ie. no graphic mode? > Sure, as long as you have an entry for the printer in the > /etc/printcap file, or whatever print paradigm you are using.XP allows also to export a printer as "lpr" so no need to use samba ... Leonardo Boselli Firenze http://www.toscanarail.org
AOn Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Thomas Bergstam wrote:> Hi all, > > Is it possible to use a printer attached to a WinXP computer from Linux > (Suse) using only console mode, ie. no graphic mode?It sure is. Configuration requirements are covered in the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf. It makes no difference whether Linux is running X Windows or not, printing is printing. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: jht@samba.org
> Thomas Bergstam thomas at acat.se > Sat Jan 3 18:10:22 GMT 2004 > > > Hi all, > > Is it possible to use a printer attached to a WinXP computer from Linux > (Suse) using only console mode, ie. no graphic mode? >Yes. 1. Make sure your WinXP-attached printer is shared. 2. Make sure you use "CUPS" as a printing system. 3. Make sure you know about CUPS and PPDs. 4. Know that WinXP (Prof!) is capable of using IPP as a print protocol 5. Know that Microsoft, in their unlimited wisdom decided to use as a printer URI this: http://[IP-address of WinXP]:80/[printer-sharename]/.printer 6. Install the printer (assuming IP for WinXP is 11.12.13.14 and printer-sharename of printer is my_printer): lpadmin -p printername -v http://11.12.13.14:80/my_printer/.printer -E -P /path/to/PPD 7. Print to your heart's limits fromt the commandline: lp -d printername /path/to/printfile Cheers, Kurt P.S:: Please bear in mind, that you may not receive anyone's attention to your question, if you continue to miss providing *any* details about your system, like "XP Home or XP Prof?", "Version of SuSE?" etc.