Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 14:23:55 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: "Milliken, Scott" <MillikS@sti.imshealth.com> Cc: "'Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai'" <asmodai@wxs.nl>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMB Printing Message-ID: <370BCCEB.BFB88F22@3-cities.com> References: <C26E7066AAA6D211AB16006097A52FCC5F6257@STIUSATLCX1.salestech.com>
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"Milliken, Scott" wrote: > > Unfortunately the printers in question are directly connected to some NT > servers and do not have JetDirect cards, so there is no direct printing to > the IP address. www.samba.org didn't have anything that I could find on the > subject, which is why I decided to submit the question to the mailing list. > Linux has the utility called smbprint, but I haven't found a similar utility > in the ports collection. Probably because I'm sure you can print without > having to have that utility. Have you tried adding LPD svcs to your NT server. It is a port that is available. Kent > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai [SMTP:asmodai@wxs.nl] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 4:46 PM > > To: Milliken, Scott > > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: RE: SMB Printing > > > > On 07-Apr-99 Milliken, Scott wrote: > > > I'm trying to figure out just how to put an entry in /etc/printcap > > > so that I can print to a Samba shared printer. > > > If there is an FAQ that covers this, I'd certainly like to know where. > > > I've checked the FreeBSD handbook and the www.freebsd.org web pages to > > no > > > avail. > > > > Dumb suggestion mayhaps, but have ye tried the obvious at www.samba.org? > > > > Other thought that hit me, dunno if I understood yer situation correctly, > > would be to just print using IP to the printer. In that case ye don't need > > to mess with foreign spoolers. But than again, I might have misunderstood > > yer situation. > > > > HTH, > > > > --- > > Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <http://www.freebsdzine.org>; > > asmodai(at)wxs.nl The idea does not replace the work... > > Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; > > *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how <http://www.freebsd.org>; > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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