Printing to printer on Windoze machine

[Otto Haliburton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-install-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Harold Hallikainen
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:52 AM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: Printing to printer on Windoze machine
> 
> 
> > Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> >
> >>>>On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:41:39AM -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 05:42:49AM -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>The next, in my long list of projects, is to be able to print from
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>my
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>FC4
> >>>>>>>laptop to a Xerox 950 printer on a Windoze ME machine on the
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>network.
> >>>>>I
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>set it up to emulate a Postscript printer following the
> instructions
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>at
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>http://mywebpages.comcast.net/heretrythis/hp3100/psemu9x.html . I
> am
> >>>>>>>able
> >>>>>>>to print to it as an Apple something or another from my wife's
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>Windoze
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>ME
> >>>>>>>laptop on the network, so it appears to be properly emulating
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>postscript
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>and being shared.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>On my laptop, I go to http://localhost:631/ and try to set up the
> >>>>>>>printer.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>Do I recall correctly that that is the web interface to CUPS admin?
> >>>>>>If so, drop it like a hot potato.  I tried to use it when changed
> >>>>>>printers and never got the printer to print right.  I even lodged a
> >>>>>>bug report on CUPS.  Then I used "system-config-printer" to set it
> up
> >>>>>>and all became sweetness and light.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I give the URI (which is where I think the problem is) as
> >>>>>>>smb://192.168.1.5/psemu where psemu is what the printer is named on
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>Windoze machine (and how it shows up on my wife's laptop). When I
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>try
> >>>>>to
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>print to it, I get "ERROR: Connection failed with error
> >>>>>>>NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL".
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Finally, if I use Konqueror, I CAN see the shared directories and
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>files
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>at
> >>>>>>>smb://192.168.1.5 .
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>So... what am I doing wrong?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>THANKS!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Harold
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>Cheers,
> >>>>>>--
> >>>>>>Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>OK, I'll give that a try! Does the URI for the printer look right? Or
> >>>>>is
> >>>>>there something more, perhaps, that needs to go between the IP
> address
> >>>>>and
> >>>>>the printer name (psemu)?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>THANKS!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Harold
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>I don't know about using the URI.  In system-config-printer, you fill
> >>>>in separate boxes for the printer name, hostname or IP address, and
> >>>>workgroup name.  I just tested it by configuring to print to my wife's
> >>>>Epson printer hooked up to her XP box.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Hmmm. Nothing is ever simple. The system-config-printer help says it'll
> >>>scan the network and find shared printers. It didn't. My wife's Windoze
> >>> ME
> >>>did. I then put in the Workgroup (HomeNet). For server, I tried Sony
> >>> (the
> >>>name of the machine), 192.168.1.5 (its IP address), and
> >>> smb://192.168.1.5.
> >>>For share, I used PSEMU (which is what the share is set to, and my
> >>> wife's
> >>>Windoze machine finds it under that name). For username, I tried
> >>> "harold"
> >>>since I log into the desktop with the printer with that name, and as
> >>>guest, as suggested in the help file. I set the password that worked on
> >>> my
> >>>wife's laptop. So far, nothing works. The dialog box keeps coming back.
> >>>
> >>>I'll plug this machine into the network at work tomorrow and see if it
> >>>finds anything there. Any more ideas?
> >>>
> >>>THANKS!
> >>>
> >>>Harold
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>Still fighting this! I find it interesting that Konqueror can find the
> >>shared files on the WinME machine, but printer config cannot find the
> >>shared printer, that my wife's WinME machine can find. I'm sure
> >> eventually
> >>I'll get printing through smb working (with your help!). Another
> >>possibility I'm wondering about it IPP. I wonder if there's an IPP
> >>interface (server?) that would run on WinME. It would watch the
> >>appropriate port and send stuff to the printer.
> >>
> >>THANKS!
> >>
> >>Harold
> >>
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> >>
> > Hi Harold
> >
> > I found a TCP/IP client for Win98 that allows printing to an LPR/LPD
> > printer's IP address. I don't know if that will help, but if so, let me
> > know and I could email it to you privately.
> >
> > Karl
> >
> 
> 
> Thanks! I think that's the "wrong end" of the system. As I understand it,
> the client would let the Win98 machine print to an IPP printer. I'd like
> something (a server?) that allows a printer on the Windows machine to be
> printed to by other IPP clients on the network (or get my smb printing to
> work!).
> 
> Thanks for the offer!
> 
> Harold
> 
> 
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never got what you are trying to do.  I have tried everything, but was never
able to do it, but I can suggest something simple get a print server. I was
hoping I could get mine to work from your effort!!!