[KLUG Members] hooking WinXP to samba network

[bill]

O.K., I figured LPR out.

For those wondering, LPR support can be obtained to Win XP Pro by adding a new
printer port "LPR", but FIRST, you have to add the Unix networking support option.
That's a gotcha.

Still can't do any sort of network browsing to find other network printers or shared
directories.  Any ideas on that?

bill wrote:

> Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>
> > > How can I get a WinXP computer to use a printer hooked to a Linux box?  The
> > > WinXP box is getting its IP address from a dhcp server on the network, the
> > > IP
> > > address of the Linux box is static.  They're both on the same LAN.
> >
> > If the Linux install is recent (running CUPS?) just enable IPP. (IPP = Internet
> > Printing Protocol, anything recent should be able to pickup IPP queues).
> >
> > If the Linux install is older (LPD/LPRng) just enable lpr printer support on
> > the PC.
>
> Where is that on a WinXP Pro OS?
>
> > Other wise if you have many clients, lots of printer queues, I'd recommend
> > going the Samba route.  But for one or two clients the above to methods are
> > easier.
>
> Well, the network is using Samba, for printer and file sharing, etc.
>
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