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

[Brent Rynn]

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Setting up cups is really easy you may want to check out www.cups.org or
this article is a little easier to follow
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5031720.html

If for some reason nothing seems to work for you it most likely you forgot
to install something double check everything to make sure you didn't miss
anything. If you need to install anything use yum to install it.  If
everything is installed then is most likely a config file that needs to be
changed.

You also might need to setup samba to get things to work and probably
should have it anyways. www.samba.org is a good site for documentation
This article is also a really good place to go as well
http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/basicnetworking.shtml

Hope this helps you out.
Brent Rynn

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:21:34 -0500, "John K. Taber" <jktaber at charter.net>
wrote:
> I would prefer a cups interface, I think.
> 
> I do not know how to set up cups for a web interface.
> 
> I poked around with the Gnome GUI for printers, but did not see anything
> obvious.
> 
> I also poked around on the wife's XP. It seems to want a named printer
> or url to
> the printer.
> 
> Could somebody give me, or point me, to more detailed instructions? I
> think I need
> them for both FC6 and XP.
> 
> Thanks
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org
>> [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf Of Tony
>> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:52 PM
>> To: leroy_tennison at prodigy.net; NTLUG Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Printer sharing from XP to FC6?
>>
>> Cups can provide the IPP printing also. IMHO i think the samba route
>> is a bit long. Cups provides you with a web interface on localhost
>> port 631 and then its just fill in the blanks for the type of printer
>> and what driver and if you want to share it or not.
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Leroy Tennison
>> <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net> wrote:
>> > 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.
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >> If we are both running XP then she can access the printer
>> through my
>> >> machine.
>> >>
>> >> How can I achieve the same via Linux? I don't understand
>> networking well
>> >> enough to figure this out on my own.
>> >>
>> >> Our connection is via a router, both of us using an ethernet port.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> > The first two replies are good alternatives, a third to
>> consider is IPP
>> > printing.
>> >
>> > You say you are connected via a router, are both machines
>> on the same
>> > subnet?
>> >
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