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Subject: Re: Printing from FreeBSD to Windows XP
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Marc Smith wrote:

> Hello, I have a small home network with 2 computers, one running 
> FreeBSD and the other with Windows XP Professional. I have a printer 
> hooked up to the Windows XP machine and I would like to be able to 
> print to it from my FreeBSD box. I have already install "Printer 
> Services for Unix" in Windows. 

That's more for printing to Unix, and other tcp/ip networked, print servers.

> I am just a little confused on how to setup the FreeBSD part.

Try CUPS, which can work with smbclient to print to windows shared 
printers. If you like, just use smbclient alone. If you installed samba 
(which is a good idea in a mixed network like this), you should already 
have it all.

PWR