printer sharing with samba

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Hi!

I have configured file sharing between suse and xp machine with a big help on this forum. Now I would like to do printer sharing.

Output from:

smbclient -L darko

“darko” is a computer where is my printer installed.


Domain=[DARKO] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

	Sharename       Type      Comment
	---------       ----      -------
	IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC
	D$              Disk      Default share
	print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
	SharedDocs      Disk      
	Install         Disk      
	Miroslav        Disk      
	Downloads       Disk      
	Printer3        Printer   Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
	F$              Disk      Default share
	Printer2        Printer   Microsoft XPS Document Writer
	ADMIN$          Disk      Remote Admin
	C$              Disk      Default share
	Lexmark         Printer   Lexmark E250d
Domain=[DARKO] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

Printer I wanna share is this one:
“Lexmark Printer Lexmark E250d”

I am not sure what to configure in firewall.
I tried to add smb printer via yast, but it could not locate it.
Network name is “MSHOME”

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Hi
Iit looks like yo uwant to print from a liniux client to a windows server using Samba. Try this tutorial and then ask questions if you get stuck:
Printer Sharing: Windows Print Server for Suse/openSUSE Linux Clients [Samba and LPD]

(Just a caveat: I can’t seem to get Samba running OK on the experimental desktop KDE4 in openSUSE 11.0; ver 11.0 KDE3.5 and Gnome are fine)