Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 14:49:37 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> Cc: Richard Morte <ric@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing FROM FreeBsd to Windows Message-ID: <37F7CF71.F24A5EFB@3-cities.com> References: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9910041022210.14695-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz>
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Jonathan Chen wrote: > > [Please do *NOT* remove the Cc: freebsd-questions] > > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Richard Morte wrote: > > > Thanks for your reply Jonathan, > > > > Could you expand a little? > > > > Within /etc/printcap, you need an entry similar to: > > win95|local line printer:\ > :sh:\ > :lp=/dev/null:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/win95:\ > :if=/filters/push-to-windows:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > You need to write the script-file "/filters/push-to-windows" so that > that it invokes smbclient to forward incoming stdin to the required > Windows printer. Have you ever tried adding the Unix services for NT so that you don't have to use Samba. I have always thought that netbeui was the dark side of windows and I don't understand people using that when they can download NFS and LPD for NT. If your systems are Win 9x based it is a different matter. Kent > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jonathan Chen | Opportunites are seldom labeled > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Jonathan Chen wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Richard Morte wrote: > > > > > > > Has anyone discovered if it is possible to attach a shared printer as a > > > > FreeDSD resource so that you can print to it from within applications? > > > > That is, have the shared (windows) printer appear alongside lp, for > > > > example? > > > > > > In your /etc/printcap, define the printer so that it uses an > > > interface script which invokes smbclient. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ Home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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