Trouble accessing network printer

[lamarts]

I have a Compaq laptop (RH 7.1) connected to DSL router with other Windows2k machines. I have a printer connected to the DSL router using a parallel port. I can access the printer via the Windows machine. I can access the internet using all of the machines.

Question:
How do I configure my pc (Linux side) to print to the networked printer?

printtool menu is confusing...to me.

thank you, lamarts@flash.net

[lamarts]

Never mind all.....I figured it out.......

just a matter of perseverance.[/LIST] lamarts@flash.net

[Ludootje]

i don't :(
could you explain how i have to do it? or is it different for me cause i have mandrake?

Ludo

[lamarts]

I thought I would share what my solution is to setting up the network printer.

Note: My printer is connected to my dsl router via a parallel port and hence is called "LPT1"....this will mean something later in this message. :-)

This is only for RedHat 7.1. But can conceptually be useful info.

I found some of this information via a url "tutorial" somewhere.....I cannot find it. I take no credit here......just passing information along.

Setting up the Print Server:

Step #1.
Bring up "netcfg" and create a new "host".

Step #2. When creating the new "host", add the ip address of the printer or (in my case, the dsl router), and assign a name, i.e.
hpoffice.domainname, where domainname is your actual domain name. :-)

save this configuration.

Network Printer Setup on Linux box:

Step #1. Bring up "printtool" gui and assign a name to the "queue name". Mine is "LPT1". (See note: above)

Step #2. Go to "queue type" and select
"Unix Printer (lpd Queue)"

Step #3. "Server" name is defined as the "host" that you created in netcfg, hence "hpoffice.domainname".

Step #4. "Queue" for me is "LPT1".

Step #5. "Printer driver" and "Driver options are self-explanatory. I left the "driver options" alone.

Step #6. Save and test.
Hope I didn't miss anything.....

End of story. hope this helps! :-) lamarts@flash.net [/LIST]

[Chatterjee]

lamarts,

have you ever used webmin to configure printers? It's a pretty easy way to bring up both local and networked printers on your red hat machine for configuration as network-available printers.

-S

[Ludootje]

Originally posted by Chatterjee:
<STRONG>lamarts,

have you ever used webmin to configure printers? It's a pretty easy way to bring up both local and networked printers on your red hat machine for configuration as network-available printers.

-S</STRONG>
what does webmin do except configuring printers? does it configure smb etc also?

[lamarts]

Webmin is a multifaceted GUI that configures your pc for a alot of "services", i.e. Apache, Networking, etc. In fact, most Admin services. Not sure about smb

I used it once. I was a "newbie" when I used it. However, for me......manually installing a service, enables me to learn what's going on behind the scenes....in this case (behind the GUI). Perhaps.....some things don't need to be understood. :-) That's why they have GUIs