printer sharing with Win XP

[Carthik Sharma]

Wade,

On WinXP systems you have to edit the hosts file to be able to connect
to the cups server.
http://www.owlfish.com/thoughts/winipp-cups-2003-07-20.html explains
this in detail.

Carthik.

On 1/25/06, Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> 01252006 1142 GMT-6
>
> That one for NetworkPrintingFromWinXP, that is exactly what I have been
> looking for but getting it to work is not working for me.
>
> I followed what it said on the page but after restarting cups, I get
> error - cannot contact printer server  - when I try to access my
> printing preferences.
>
> Wade
>
> Peter Garrett wrote:
>
> >
> >Other hits ( for "network printing" )
> >
> >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkPrintingFromWin2000
> >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkPrintingFromWinXP
> >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkPrintingFromMacOSX
> >
> >just type your search terms in the box at the top right.
> >
> >Peter
> >
> >
> >
>
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