[KLUG Members] re: hooking WinXP to samba network

[Mike Williams]

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>From: bill <bill@billtron.com>
>To: "members@kalamazoolinux.org" <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
>Subject: [KLUG Members] hooking WinXP to samba network
>Reply-To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
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>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.
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>thanks
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>bill hollett
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As long has you have some form of name resolution like WINS (which Samba 
will serve if asked) it shouldn't be a problem.  Samba shares printers 
just fine as long has you have the [printers] paragraph uncommented.  
WinXP should be able to just connect to it as a windows networking share.

You can also print through LPR with Windows XP if for some reason you 
don't want to use samba printing.