printing to my windows machine

[Jing Su]

Check your windows firewall settings.  Do you have it set to accept (ie
provide an exception for) "file and printer sharing"?


Did it prompt for a password when you tried to connect?  or did it just
fail without input?




On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Brad Fonseca wrote:

> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:34:48 -0400
> From: Brad Fonseca <linuxbrad-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
> Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: printing to my windows machine
>
> Hi,
>
> Tried that and:
>
> [linuxbrad at localhost linuxbrad]$ smbclient -L msbrad
> added interface ip=192.168.1.102 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Connection to msbrad failed
> [linuxbrad at localhost linuxbrad]$
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Brad
>
> On October 11, 2004 17:06, Jing Su wrote:
> > you can see the shares by doing:
> >
> > smbclient -L <name of windows machine>
> >
> > I don't know Mandrake, but if there's a printer setup utility, it will
> > likely have an option for setting up a SMB printer.  Just point it to your
> > windows machine and you should be able to print as normal.
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Brad Fonseca wrote:
> > > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:02:37 -0400
> > > From: Brad Fonseca <linuxbrad-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
> > > Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > > To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > > Subject: Re: [TLUG]: printing to my windows machine
> > >
> > > Okay, windows is sharing the printer as far as I know.  I'd rather not
> > > spend more money now on additional hardware so a print server is out.  My
> > > machines are up all the time anyway.  How do I "browse [my] Samba share"?
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > On October 11, 2004 16:42, Noah John Gellner wrote:
> > > > The windows machine is the Samba (SMB) host. You will need to share the
> > > > printer using windows then use Linux to browse your Samba share. I have
> > > > a similar setup but I found it much less hassle to use a print server.
> > > > That way I don't need to have both machines turned on to print. I think
> > > > that a print server costs around $50.
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
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