Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 14:14:10 -0600 From: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> To: Mark Alli <mark@bodkin.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: samba Message-ID: <20011212141407.B12775@northernbrewer.com> In-Reply-To: <000701c18332$a3268a60$1abc6bcf@marknew> References: <000701c18332$a3268a60$1abc6bcf@marknew>
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Mark Alli (mark@bodkin.com) wrote: > I have a network running FreeBSD,Linux and Windows. My problem is I have a > shared printer attached to a Windows NT 4.0 machine and I want to print to > it from FreeBSD and Linux machines. I have already set up the printcap file > and created a directory for the new printer ie P4, and restarted lpd, the > "lock" and "status" files were created, and when I do a teslprn everything > is fine. My problem is, when I try to print I get the error "job could not > be printed". What am I doing wrong. This does not really answer your questions, but: I always found it much simpler to *not* use samba for this particular setup. You have to install (and start) TCP/IP Printing Services on the NT machine, and then your FreeBSD machine can 'see' the Windows NT machine as just another Unix machine with an lpd server. -- Christopher Farley www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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