From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 12 23:07:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA12869 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:07:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ix.netcom.com (sil-wa3-08.ix.netcom.com [206.214.137.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12863 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:06:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomdean@ix.netcom.com) Received: (from tomdean@localhost) by ix.netcom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA01750; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:06:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomdean) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:06:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804130606.XAA01750@ix.netcom.com> From: Thomas Dean To: data@dreamhaven.org CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (message from Bryce Newall on Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:29:08 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: FreeBSD-Windows printer sharing Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Look at 'man lpd' and 'man hosts.lpd'. I don't know if you need to tell 'NT about the print server using a BSD machine, or not. You may need to tell 'NT about the port lpd is on. Look at /etc/services. Your 'NT documentation should tell you how to connect to a Unix, or more correctly lpd, printer. A phone call to a 'NT owner reveals: The 'NT installation manual says: "You can use the lpr connectivity utility at the command prompt to print a file to a host running an LPD server. You can also use the lpq diagnostic utility to obtain the status of a print queue on a host running the LPD server." The 'NT subject "Creating a Printer for TCP/IP Printing" tells how to setup to create a print object and print to a host running an lpd service. In using this, select LPR print monitor and add an LPR Compatible Printer. The port of the lpr service should match the port in your /etc/services. Mine is 515, as is the default in the 'NT setup box. Another alternative is to use samba. I believe this is more complicated. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message