[Fwd: Re: Using cups to print from a fedora machine to an XP machine.]

[steven bellens]

2009/11/16 Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>

> -I asked the question below:
> > II had printing working from a fedora machine to a Windows XP machine
> > but unfortunately the Fedora machine went belly up. And I can't find any
> > trace of the cups line using the smb://protocol that supported the
> > printing. I have given myself the appropriate 10 lashes but would
> > someone help me and tell me what the smb:// line looks like?
> >
> > I would appreciate it.
> I received 2 responses:
>
> 1.
>
> smb://<windows workgroup>/<the windows ip adress>/<name of printer there>
>
> For example:
>
> smb://MAIN/192.168.179.105/Kyoceraprinter
>
> 2.
> smb://domain/user:passwd@printerurl
>
> Neither worked. Previosly I had a smb:// line that worked.
> Are there any other ideas out there. I remember that the previos line
> requirede a user and passwd.
>  but it seemed to me that it also needed a printer name.
>

The printername is added in the printerurl string

Steven


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