Samba Printer
mareich
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Sat Sep 17 20:25:58 UTC 2005
Michael R Head Wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 11:28 -0500, R S Gill wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I want to share the printer that is connected to my Breezy box with
> the
> > other Windows machines on my network. How can I do this?
>
> Windows can now directly access IPP printers, which is how cups shares
> printers.
>
> Just modify your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. There's a "<Location />" block
> in
> there that you can modify. You'll need to add an extra "Allow From"
> line
> with your network address. Mine looks like this:
>
> <Location />
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> Allow From 192.168.1.*
> Allow From 192.168.2.*
> </Location>
>
> Then on the windows machine, just add a network printer, and have it
> connect to an IPP printer. The url should be something like
> http://192.168.1.2:631/printers/HL-1440
> (192.168.1.2 is my print server's IP address, and HL-1440 is the name
> of
> the printer in cups).
>
> mike
>
> >
> > Gill
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> I'm a Ubuntu newbie and I'm not getting this to work on my Ubuntu
> installation. I have Ubuntu (Hoary Hedgehog) running on computer1 (ip
> 192.168.0.4). It has an HP 6110 printer and a Dymo label printer
> attached, both are working form computer1. Computer2 is a WInXP laptop
> (ip 192.168.0.3). COmputer3 is a WIn2000 desktop (ip 192.168.02. My
> router is at 192.168.0.1.
>
> Computer2 is able to map drives on Computer1, so Samba is running OK.
> Computer1 is able to see computer2's shared drives (although i haven't
> been able to access the folders yet because it's requiring a password
> entry). Computer1 is also able to see computer3's shared drives. I
> cannot get computer2 to use the printer attached to computer1. I have
> tried the cups.conf edits, and they don't seem to do anything. When I
> tried to install the printer on Computer2, Windows says it can't find
> the printer or it's no longer attached to the specified server.
>
> One thing (among many) that I don't follow is part of the printer ID
> line mentioned earlier in this thread. I entered the following in my
> add printer dialogue (XP):
> http://192.168.0.4:631/printers/Officejet-6110
> based on the advice above. What is the 'printers' part of the string?
> I don't see anything in /etc called printers....
>
> Here's my modified cupsd.conf file:
> <Location />
> Order Deny, Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> Allow From 192.168.0.*
> </Location>
>
> I also inserted Port 631 in the section where it previously said
> Listen 127.0.0.1:631
>
> Printing in linux is certainly the most frustrating setup item I've
> encountered with the Ubuntu installation so far!
>
> I'm desperate for help getting these printers working from the windows
> machines. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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mareich
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