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Date:      Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:22:49 -0500
From:      Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
To:        'Oleg Ogurok' <oleg@ogurok.com>, Alexandra Ogorodova <chimpuls@fox.univers.cv.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: windows printer
Message-ID:  <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5F00@site2s1>

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Vitaliy,

Oleg is not totally correct.  You have 2 choices, and both involve samba.
You can do a he has suggested and connect the printer to the FreeBSD machine
and setup samba to provide printer services to windows machine.

OR

You can install samba and use the "smbprint" script that comes with it, and
use that to print from the FreeBSD machine to the printer connected to the
Windows machine.  I believe that this is an easier solution if all you want
is occasional printing from the BSD machine.  There is ample documentation
that comes with samba that explains how to setup the /etc/printcap to use
the "smbprint" script that comes with samba.

-Chris


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Oleg Ogurok [SMTP:oleg@ogurok.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 17, 1999 10:57 AM
> To:	Alexandra Ogorodova
> Cc:	freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	Re: windows printer
> 
> Hi, Alexandra.
> 
> There's no way to do that. You can't use Windows printer from FreeBSD
> unless you have ability to assign IP address for printerm but I doubt. You
> can connect your printer to FreeBSD box and configure Samba to allow
> windows computers to use it.
> 
> Oleg Ogurok
> oleg@ogurok.com
> http://www.ogurok.com
> 
> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Alexandra Ogorodova wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > Dear sirs, I have a next problem:
> > I have two PC connected by Ethernet: on first installed FreeBSD 2.2.5
> > and other have Win95. To the PC with Win95 attached printer . How I will
> > use this printer from FreeBSD PC?
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Vitaliy Krylov
> > 
> > 


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