[PLUG] SMB Printer
Eli Stair
eli.stair.lists at attbi.com
Sun Jul 21 15:38:42 UTC 2002
I haven't set up printing from a linux to win box before, but SAMBA
lots of times. If the win box is running 2000 or XP, it uses encrypted
passwords (always a good idea), and you may have to explicitly set
that in the configuration. This is the case with SAMBA, I would
imagine it is the same when using remote printers as files.
Just something to look into, it may not be the problem :)
Cheers,
/eli
> Okay. I've been working on this for a while now. I'm trying to set up
> printer that is connected to a Windows XP machine through a SMB
> connection on a RedHat 7.3 computer. I have shared the printer and
> input the correct information in printconf. After saving the changes
> and restarting lpd, I try testing the printer and I get a non descript
> error message "There was an error trying to print the test page."
>
> I have tried restarting the service from a command line (service lpd
> restart) and when I do, I get a failed notice when stopping lpd and the
> starting lpd message goes as follows: [timestamp] linux Get_local_host:
> 'localhost' IP address not available! But after that I get the green
> okay indicating that lpd started okay.
>
> I'm at a loss. Any suggestions?
>
> Robbert van Andel
>
>
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