Some questions:
> My kid prints to my printer, no problem, using the
> share name, from his windows machine. How do I set something up like that
in
> KDE?
What are you trying to do? Your kid prints from Windows to a printer
connected to where? Your Linux box? Or is it a network printer?
Basically you have to get the printer set up so Linux can use it. It's not
as hard as they make it sound :). First thing is to determine where the
printer is - local or networked (just like windows). If the printer is
networked it's usually just a matter of setting up printtool to print to
it's IP address (or hostname) providing the printer supports LPR). If it's
local then you have to configure Linux -- Red Hat's print tool is usually
quite helpful for most setups.
(FWIW I have an Apple LaserWriter so I print through LPR through netatalk -
now that's ugly)
Marc
-- Marc Matteo Online Technology Leader http://www.sacbee.com----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Camero" <beth@compu-diva.com> To: <lug-nuts@saclug.org> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 7:22 PM Subject: [Lug-Nuts] newbie printing stuff
> Could somebody point me in the right direction for printer configuration? > I put a linux box on my home network (such as it is) and my printer is hooked > to my main windows machine. My kid prints to my printer, no problem, using the > share name, from his windows machine. How do I set something up like that in > KDE? I got Samba working, and we can all ping each other. I couldn't find a > man page for it and KDE help was less than helpful. I figure I must have to > set up a printer share in smb.conf that points to my windows machine, but so > far that doesn't appear to work, or I have the syntax wrong for the share name > or something. What should it look like? And then, how do you tie the printer > icon on the KDE desktop to that? > TIA > Beth Camero > ********************************************************** > * Sacramento Linux Users Group Mailing List > * > * Unsubscribe: Send a message to majordomo@saclug.org > * With 'unsubscribe lug-nuts' in the body > * > * http://www.saclug.org >
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