[NTLUG:Discuss] Printer sharing from XP to FC6?

[Stephen Davidson]

Samba.
Suggestion on Fedora -- use Webmin to set it up.

-Steve

John K. Taber wrote:
| My wife needs to use the printer while she is on Windows XP and I am on
| Linux, Fedora Core 6.
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| We had been using a data switch for the printer, but something has gone
| wrong with her parallel port and it looks like I would have to replace
| the motherboard to fix it, which task I'm deferring.
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| If we are both running XP then she can access the printer through my
| machine.
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| How can I achieve the same via Linux? I don't understand networking well
| enough to figure this out on my own.
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| Our connection is via a router, both of us using an ethernet port.
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