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03-17-2004, 01:07 PM
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Networking Question
Is it possible to access a windows printer threw a LAN?
The pring is connected to my Windows desktop and I have a laptop with Slackware 9.1
my printer is not supported by Linux yet ... is it possible to send the data to the networked pinter instead?
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03-17-2004, 01:40 PM
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Registered: Sep 2003
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have a look here.
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/...ing_to_windows
what printer do you have? i'm not sure if this will work if the printer isn't supported. |
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03-17-2004, 01:41 PM
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Registered: Jan 2001
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You could attempt to set the printer up thru Samba. www.samba.org for more details, etc. |
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