Printing Via Samba

[moogle81]

Hi!

I cannot manage to print via Samba through the tool in FC6 system-config-printer. Windows XP Home keeps asking for a passord I don't know nor have I set. Any Ideas? Any help is apreciated.

[glennzo]

Have you actually managed to install the printer and can't print or can you not even install it?

[moogle81]

I've installed it, and was able to set it up and successfully print to it via Kprint in Kubuntu, but I am unable to set it up in FC6.

[glennzo]

I just switched my print server to FC6. It was running WindowsXP, but that wasn't what I wanted. I had a tough time getting some distros to print to a Windows box. Some with more experience than I probably would find it easier than I did. How about posting your /etc/samba/smb.conf here and I'll see if I notice anything out of place. First thing that comes to mind though is the workgroup name. Same as the Windows workgroup?

[stevea]

Ehh an opinion - samba is a necessary evil, best avoided when possible. The permssions & workgroup sharing & such is managable but a PITA for the typical user.

So you can attach a printer to Win2k or WinXP and share it with lpr protocol. In some cases the print quality is improved vs Samba printing. Read the Windoze help "Add an LPR port" .

Also if you attach a printer to a Linux system and share it with CUPS ipp protocol, then you can print to it from Windows - no additional software needed. Just set up a win printer pointing to http://sysname:631/classes/classname
(fill in classname withthe printer class).