Subject: Re: slightly off topic: printing from a windows machine to cupsd
To: Andrew Doran <ad@interlude.eu.org>
From: Mark <mindfunk@mindfunk.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/22/2002 18:14:46
> Mark wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to set up a windows machine to print to a printer attached to
> > my netbsd box. I'm not currently running samba, and I believe there is a
> > way to do this without doing so since I found a posting about OS X
> > describing this w/o samba.
>
> I know nothing about CUPS, but if you can make it listen on "printer"
> (BSD LPD) then take this sequence in Windows:
>
> Printers
> Add New Printer
> Local printer
> Create a new port - select Standard TCP/IP Port
> Enter IP address and symbolic name
> Select printer driver

no, I want to be able to print from a windows machine to a printer
attached via lpt to a netbsd machine running cupsd. I want to do this
without using samba.

I found out that win2k can do this easily... it looks like a problem with
windows 98.... but I'm not completely sure.

namaste,
Mark