Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 16:50:37 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD / Windows Printing Query Message-ID: <20010107165037.D97603@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <01010723294600.00286@freebsd.freebsd.org>; from "Danny" on Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 11:22:11PM %2B1100 References: <01010723294600.00286@freebsd.freebsd.org>
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* Danny <dannyho@bigpond.net.au> [20010107 15:42]: writing on the subject 'FreeBSD / Windows Printing Query' Danny> - Hello Danny> Danny> Danny> - I have been sharing the printer (installed on FreeBSD) without any problems Danny> using apsfitler for a while Danny> - Now I need to use FreeBSD to print on a Windows 98 Machine Danny> Danny> - I am running the following configuration Danny> Danny> Danny> freebsd# uname -a Danny> FreeBSD freebsd.freebsd.org 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #0: Thu Sep 16 23:40:35 GMT 1999 jkh@highwing.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 Danny> freebsd# Danny> Danny> - The shared printer (running windows 98) is //windows/canon Danny> Danny> Danny> Question Danny> Danny> 1) How can I get FreeBSD to print on a Windows 98 Machine? Danny> 2) If I need to install samba what exactly do I add to the smb.conf file? Samba is a big issue and requires that you read about it. Try reading it from http://sunsite.auc.dk/samba/oreilly/using_samba/ch07_01.html but better buy the book itself;-). The basic entries rqd in the Samba config file /usr/local/etc/smb.conf include the workgroup name and the share mode. That is what I once got when troubleshooting Samba. But I guess you only need Samba if you want to share your printer/files with Windows from the FreeBSD box. Try configuring apsfilter by telling it that the printer is a Windows remote printer (not sure about the exact words but there is that option, as long as the Windows machine is on some wrgrp. You'll specify the netbios name of the Windows machine, the Workgroup, it's IP address, and the exact share name of the printer. HTH -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. Loving you doesn't make me any less human. -Jason Q. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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