dave houk
08-04-2002, 07:30 PM
Hey, some of you guys have been a great help on teaching an old windows dog new tricks. I think I've got a handle on the basics now. I'm able to install most things now. Next challenge. How can I get my linux machine to print to my network printer? Printer is connected to xp pro machine. Printer is an HP Deskjet 990cse. Four windows machines on the network, and one linux machine running Mandrake 8.0. I've tried to read up on this, but have'nt found any good info. Any ideas?
mdwatts
08-05-2002, 05:49 AM
If the printer is connected to your XP machine, then I would imagine you will need to use Samba.
Samba on Linux is used for file and print sharing.
Most distros install Samba by default and include quite a bit of documentation.
rpm -q samba
or
rpm -qa | grep samba
I believe there is a Samba NHF and also lots of docs/faq's at www.samba.org
You can also search through the Networking forum as Samba is a popular subject there.
If your printer had a ip address assigned to it, then you could just setup Mandrake to use a network printer, but since it is connected to a XP box, you will need to use Samba.