Re: Printing files through network

[Oleksandr Moskalenko <malex@purdue.edu>]

* dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 12:53:45PM -0400, Steve Dondley wrote:
> | Hi.
> | 
> | I've got a Linksys 4 port router which is serving my Linux box and a Win98
> | machine.  My printer is connected to the Win98 machine.  Is it possible to
> | share the printer through the network so that the Linux box can print
> | documents to the printer connected to the Win98 machine?  What do I have to
> | do to make it happen?
> 
> On win98 share the printer (use the clicky-gui stuff).
> 
> On Linux install the samba package and use the 'smbprint' program to
> submit print jobs.  smbprint can be integrated into various print
> spoolers such as CUPS.
> 
> HTH,
> -D
 
  Has anyone figured out how to use it with anything, but CUPS? I have
  an old laptop and it hurts to see CUPS taking 4-5Mb of RAM and not
  doing anything most of the time.
   
    Alex.