But that still doesn't solve the problem of viewing the Unix print queue from within Windows. That works with regular lpr, but not lprng.
On Mar 5, Craig Sanders wrote: > but that's not necessary at all. with samba, printers listed in > /etc/printcap appear on the Win3/Win95/etc machines printer list (this > is the default for the debian package - you can turn it off if you like) > - Win users can select it and print to it just like any other printer. > > Here's an excerpt of relevant parts from my /etc/smb.conf file which > works on my network. > > [global] > printing = lprng > load printers = yes > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > browseable = no > path = /tmp > printable = yes > public = no > writable = no > create mode = 0700 > > Once you've set this up, you should be able to see the linux box's > printer(s) in Network Neighbourhood on the Win95 machines. Can't > remember what the Win3 equivalent is, but the linux printers show up on > Win3 too. > > I have samba, lprng, and magic-filter installed. it works brilliantly. > > craig > > FFrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 4 18:11:53 1997 > Return-Path: <jgoerzen> > Received: from mail.midusa.net ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [127.0.0.1]) > by complete.org (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP > id SAA10400 for <jgoerzen>; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:11:52 -0600 > Received: from master.debian.org by services.midusa.net via SMTP > (950413.SGI.8.6.12/940406.SGI.AUTO) > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> id RAA03490; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 17:22:41 -0600 > Received: (qmail 10545 invoked by uid 888); 4 Mar 1997 23:34:44 -0000 > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Received: (qmail 10542 invoked by uid 888); 4 Mar 1997 23:34:44 -0000 > Delivered-To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Received: (qmail 10540 invoked from network); 4 Mar 1997 23:34:42 -0000 > Received: from hur-s0.fuller.edu (HELO waterf.org) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > by master.debian.org with SMTP; 4 Mar 1997 23:34:42 -0000 > Received: from localhost [127.0.0.1] (debian) > by waterf.org with smtp (Exim 1.60 #1) > id 0w23ax-0001tY-00 (Debian); Tue, 4 Mar 1997 15:25:47 -0800 > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 15:25:46 -0800 (PST) > From: Christoph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: Debian Development <debian-devel@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: Hylafax > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by complete.org id > SAA10400 > > There is a hylafax package in experimental packaged by me needing work. > Look through the archive of debian-devel. Someone else wanted to take it > on. > > On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > > > There had been several people mentioning they'd make a package from it. Who > > finally took it now? > > > > Reason: I do need a central faxserver here, and might contribute some work > > do testing... > > > > Nils > > > > -- > > \ / | Nils Rennebarth > > --* WINDOWS 42 *-- | Schillerstr. 61 > > / \ | 37083 Göttingen > > | ++49-551-71626 > > Micro$oft's final answer | http://www.nus.de/~nils > > > > > > --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- > Please always CC me when replying to posts on mailing lists. > > rom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 4 18:11:54 1997 > Return-Path: <jgoerzen> > Received: from mail.midusa.net ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [127.0.0.1]) > by complete.org (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP > id SAA10403 for <jgoerzen>; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:11:54 -0600 > Received: from master.debian.org by services.midusa.net via SMTP > (950413.SGI.8.6.12/940406.SGI.AUTO) > for jgoerzen id RAA02059; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 17:17:11 -0600 > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 17:17:11 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) Custom Programming | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
