Print from Win to a printer at a linux mashine

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A friendly hallo to all,

I would like to use my printer, but it does not work with my new Windows XP machine (Parallel port) :frowning: but it works with my (very) old computer. I tried my Linux router and it works :).

But now some generell question:

  • Is it possible to print via net witout CUPS?
  • Is the lineprinter protokoll always active?
  • Or have I to configure it?

The state now is: My Win sees the printer (Samba) but it doesn’t print. :frowning:

Thank you and marry Christmas
Peter

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This may not help as much as others’ replies, but this works
for me:
Our printer is on our Linux router and shared via Samba (in
etc/samba/smb.conf).
With windows, it’s just a matter of browsing to it in Network
Places, then right-clicking on it and connecting to it. You
will be asked to install the drivers for XP. (It helps if you
have the disk or the driver already downloaded since it
probably won’t be able to find it otherwise.)
There are other ways to share a printer, but this is the only
one I’ve managed to get working with my minimal skills.
good luck.
-tom millican

p borchert wrote:

>
> A friendly hallo to all,
>
> I would like to use my printer, but it does not work with
my new
> Windows XP machine (Parallel port) :frowning: but it works with my
(very) old
> computer. I tried my Linux router and it works :).
>
>
> But now some generell question:
>
> - Is it possible to print via net witout CUPS?
> - Is the lineprinter protokoll always active?
> - Or have I to configure it?
>
> The state now is: My Win sees the printer (Samba) but it
doesn’t print.
> :frowning:
>
> Thank you and marry Christmas
> Peter
>
>

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Hallo and thank you for your answer.

Is it right, that I don’t need CUPS?

Then my problem is not Linux or samba, but XP. When I try to install the Printer there is no possibility to select the printer. But there is no driver for the printer for XP. So I can’t install the printer normaly.
I installed the driver as a local printer and tried to get the connection but it failed. Can you tell me what kind of connection I have to use?

Thanks
Peter

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CUPS implements Internet Printer Protocol, so XP could connect via it.

But, problem is what format file will you send to the printer?

In general it is not simple text, that can be processed on other end.

May be, XP can let you lie to it, and tell it it’s a Generic PostScript printer eg) Apple LaserWriter, then you can process the PostScript on the CUPS machine.

But I am not sure if this is the sort of thing MS enables their users to do, rather than “have disk” from a printer manufacturer.

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Hallo robopensuse,

thank you for your answer. It seems to me, that I need not to install CUPS, if I use Samba.

So my problem is: If I install a Networkprinter XP asks me for a disk. But HP tells me XP does not need a Disk. So I can install it local. But how to connect to Samba?:confused:

The data send will be in HP-Printer-Language, so I think I have to use the Raw-Printer at Linux.

Thank you and marry Christmas
Peter

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True but irrelevant. Think Samba’s more config than CUPS and you still have to configure the printer.

The data send will be in HP-Printer-Language, so I think I have to use the

True if you can generate HPCL.

Now the XP side is a pure Windows problem, having an IPP printer ought to suffice, taking Linux issues out of the equation which distract from problem of configuring the printer in XP, that you need help with.