From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QtL7N-0002Ir-7M for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:59:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 77DE321C13F; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:59:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7609B21C0BD for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:58:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyg36 with SMTP id 36so219379wyg.40 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:58:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=r5szGQ4mOJMYNUkAjw7sl9oxOw2tHEHjF11GdkVrZDs=; b=IWTZMtgpCOyq/vbbuNFHqwmPSrGN4SFVNJxlDUjozwuwF1nVbYN4TxkMOb+/bD54kd J+gKyQxWy2XnhGQvYhMUGRd5Yq+4TXOaD8ZOucMug7+35VF+3vhHgWY6fZW9fFMhYcSV djTA7LaUp4prWb57aEN6Bc/gVVdwS9Oexav3E= Received: by 10.216.245.77 with SMTP id n55mr4264619wer.105.1313506707443; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:58:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet ([213.123.142.221]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s1sm78617wec.44.2011.08.16.07.58.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:58:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cups configuration for "dummies" Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:59:01 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.39-gentoo-r3; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <1313495455.15458.0@numa-i> In-Reply-To: <1313495455.15458.0@numa-i> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3738205.MM20zBpEWg"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201108161559.11031.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 708f263e0960e446194a549db7562d72 --nextPart3738205.MM20zBpEWg Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 16 Aug 2011 12:50:55 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I've installed a GenToo system on the PC of a friend which doesn't know > the internals of Linux (GenToo). >=20 > At home he has a local network with a printer (probably managed by a > Window system). >=20 > Is there an easy means to configure CUPS on his system to find that > printer? >=20 > Many thanks for a hint, > Helmut. Without a topology of your friend's machines I can only suggest options: 1. He could use the MSWindows box as a server, with the printer connected t= o=20 it via a parallel port or USB. The Linux is a client. Go to MSWindows=20 Control Panel/Add-Remove Windows Components/"Other Network File and Print=20 Services", then Details and select "Print Services for Unix". Then go to=20 Printers and Faxes and right click to share the printer, giving it a name. = =20 Thereafter configure your Linux CUPS printer and point it to=20 lpd://. Make sure that the MSWindows box allows connections= =20 through its firewall from your Linux box. Things may be called differently= on=20 a Vista/W7 GUI, you'll need to follow your nose. You could do this using Samba on the Linux machine, but it is not necessary= =20 and a time waste to set up and troubleshoot separately, without having to=20 wonder why the printer does not work. 2. He could use the Linux box as a print server, and MSWindows as the clien= t. =20 Walk through the cups configuration to allow the MSWindows machine to acces= s=20 the Linux box and of course let it through the firewall (if one is running)= =2E =20 Also you would need to set up cups mime configuration to accept Windows PCL= =20 drivers as detailed here: www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml#windows_pcl You could also do this using samba, but the above caveats apply. However, = if=20 he is going to use samba for file sharing between the two machines, then it= =20 follows using it for printing too. HTH. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart3738205.MM20zBpEWg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk5Khb4ACgkQVTDTR3kpaLa1NACg+LydILAX8ayMZ7NWMPXD/cYr SDAAoN2bazbAPjef3sCp24IZeNlQL0sQ =8IVn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3738205.MM20zBpEWg--