From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 27 2:33:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.alpha.net.au (mail2.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A6C415202 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 02:33:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from psych ([203.41.44.250]) by mail.alpha.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA26983; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:34:00 +1100 Message-Id: <3.0.32.20000127213359.00713154@idx.com.au> X-Sender: dannyh@idx.com.au X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:34:02 +1100 To: Martin Welk , Eric Dannewitz From: Danny Subject: Re: Print Server for LAN Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG A better solution would be "Samba". At 22:12 26/01/00 +0100, Martin Welk wrote: >On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 08:58:03PM -0800, Eric Dannewitz wrote: > >> I'm trying to set up a Lexmark Optra R+ (A postscript printer) with my >> FreeBSD box. I'd like the Windows PCs on the network to be able to print >> to the printer. Now, I think Samba needs to be installed, but is there any >> other way to do it? > >You could use lpr or lprng (in the ports) and let the Windoze boxes print >to an lpr printer (I think it's called LPD printer in '98, and LPR printer >in NT, but I'm not very sure.) Both works. > >Regards, > >Martin >-- >,,You know, there's a lot of opportunities, if you're knowing to take them, > you know, there's a lot of opportunities, if there aren't > you can make them, make or break them!'' (Tennant/Lowe) > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message