On 9 Feb 2001, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Running 7.0
>
> Seemed like the easiest way to setup the epson 900 printer in the
> given situation, do to plugs, cords and usage, is to hook it directly
> to a win2k machine (my wifes machine), since she will do the bulk of
> the printing. ( its hooked up to parallel port)
>
> Now how can I access that printer from my linux box, on a home
> network. The machines are networked and I have the full cygwin
> package installed on the win2k although I don't or at least haven't
> used them much.
>
> I don't use the win2k hardly at all, and don't do much printing
> either. But when I need it, I'd really like to be able to send print
> jobs to that printer from my linux machine.
>
>
You may want to look into the smbclient program - part of the Samba
package. Printtool will set up a printercap entry to print to a windows
printer. I have one set up in 6.2, but 7.0 should be about the same.
Mikkel
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