Hello!

Quite new to Slackware (9.1). I also run Win98 on the same machine (dual
boot). My wife's computer is WinME. We have a small network mainly so we
can use each others' printers and share the internet connection. Works
perfectly when we're both running Windows, but I'd like to get things
running when I'm using Linux as well. In fact, I have to. My local printer
is a NEC SuperScript 660plus which linuxprinting.org describes as a
doorstop. My wife has a Lexmark Z43 installed, which I would like to use.
But I'm out of my depth trying to get my Linux computer to see her Windows
printer.

At the same time, I'd like for her to be able to see my NEC printer even if
I'm running Linux at the time, since she can often make use of the
relatively cheap $/pg on the NEC compared to the Lexmark. (I can see that
this part is more of a Windows question than a Slackware question, but
maybe someone here has worked out what's needed?)

Is this doable? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Cheers,
Nick.

Nick J Chackowsky wrote:
[win/lin printer sharing]
> Is this doable? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

yes, this should be possible by using samba. i've never done this myself,
but documentation should be available at <http://www.samba.org>, perhaps
also at <http://www.tldp.org> and otherwise a google search should turn up
something.

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Slackware doesn't have any quirks. Other distros have quirks. Slackware's
just pure Linux.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 03:16:26 GMT, Nick J Chackowsky
<chackowsky.nick.xray@portal.brandonsd.mb.ca> wrote:
> But I'm out of my depth trying to get my Linux computer to see her Windows
> printer.

Try Samba <URL:http://www.samba.org/>.

> At the same time, I'd like for her to be able to see my NEC printer even if
> I'm running Linux at the time

This may be a stupid question (on my part), but why not swap printers?


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Simon <usenet@no-dns-yet.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 03:16:26 GMT, Nick J Chackowsky
> <chackowsky.nick.xray@portal.brandonsd.mb.ca> wrote:
> > But I'm out of my depth trying to get my Linux computer to see her Windows
> > printer.
>
> Try Samba <URL:http://www.samba.org/>.
>
> > At the same time, I'd like for her to be able to see my NEC printer even if
> > I'm running Linux at the time
>
> This may be a stupid question (on my part), but why not swap printers?
>
A simpler approach for printers is to get a printer server for your
LAN, then anyone can use any printer without the printer having to be
connected to a computer that's turned on. Print servers are quite
cheap now and can also be found secondhand for next to nothing.

--
Chris Green

On 2004-01-29, Nick J Chackowsky
<chackowsky.nick.xray@portal.brandonsd.mb.ca> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Quite new to Slackware (9.1). I also run Win98 on the same machine (dual
> boot). My wife's computer is WinME. We have a small network mainly so we
> can use each others' printers and share the internet connection. Works
> perfectly when we're both running Windows, but I'd like to get things
> running when I'm using Linux as well. In fact, I have to. My local printer
> is a NEC SuperScript 660plus which linuxprinting.org describes as a
> doorstop. My wife has a Lexmark Z43 installed, which I would like to use.
> But I'm out of my depth trying to get my Linux computer to see her Windows
> printer.
>
> At the same time, I'd like for her to be able to see my NEC printer even if
> I'm running Linux at the time, since she can often make use of the
> relatively cheap $/pg on the NEC compared to the Lexmark. (I can see that
> this part is more of a Windows question than a Slackware question, but
> maybe someone here has worked out what's needed?)
>
> Is this doable? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

You should read through the samba howto which is (I believe):
/usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/SMB-HOWTO

I'm not sure about allowing a windows PC to print to a doorstop attached to
a linux box, that may not work, but you should be able to print to the
lexmark. Maybe, as someone else suggested, you should switch printers to
that she can print to both, and you can print to the lexmark locally.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 03:16:26 GMT
Nick J Chackowsky <chackowsky.nick.xray@portal.brandonsd.mb.ca> wrote:


>
> At the same time, I'd like for her to be able to see my NEC printer
> even if I'm running Linux at the time, since she can often make use of
> the relatively cheap $/pg on the NEC compared to the Lexmark. (I can
> see that this part is more of a Windows question than a Slackware
> question, but maybe someone here has worked out what's needed?)
>

I did something like this a while back. Here's the logic. Windows can
send a print file to the Linux box running Samba. Samba hands the
print file to the printing software (either CUPS or LPRng). You need a
printer defined on the printing software to send the incoming file
directly to the printer. That is, it should not run the print file
through a filter.

The docs that come with the Samba and Cups packages should tell you how
to do this.

This will work for a parallel port printer. If it's a USB printer ... I
don't know.

Mike

Julien Mills wrote:
> You should read through the samba howto which is (I believe):
> /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/SMB-HOWTO

and;
/usr/share/samba/swat/using_samba/index.html

--
robert - slackware

Nick J Chackowsky wrote:

Thanks for the replies--The idea of a print server seems intriguing! I'm
looking into that and Samba (I guess I'd need both from what I understand
so far).
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.

Nick J Chackowsky <chackowsky.nick.xray@portal.brandonsd.mb.ca> wrote:
> Nick J Chackowsky wrote:
>
> Thanks for the replies--The idea of a print server seems intriguing! I'm
> looking into that and Samba (I guess I'd need both from what I understand
> so far).

If you use a print server there's no need for Samba, you just need
the native printer drivers for each OS and then you tell it that it's
a LAN printer. The setup is a bit strange in Win2k/XP as you have to
say it's a 'local' printer for some odd reason, it's just the port that
it's connected to differs from one connected to USB or a parallel port.

If you do go down this route then E-Mail me or post again here and I
can give you more detail about set-up from home (I'm at work at
present). (my 'reply' E-Mail address here is valid and will get to
me)

--
Chris Green