Re: Configure to share Window XP printer (before it was set up samba)
rocky wrote:
> Hey,
>
> In my office, we have a Windows XP machine serves as file server and
> there's a SHARP AR158S printer connect to it. All of my co-workers use
> printer through the net work. I'm the only person usign Debian. I set
> up the samba and did the configuration and be able to see the shared
> folders using smb://server/. By the way the printer is shared on the
> LAN.
>
> I'm using KDE. I went to Control Center->peripherals->printer. There
> are 2 options for network printer. One is network
> printer(TCP). Another is newwork printer w/Ipp(IPP/HTTP)
>
> In both options I entered smb://server/ppp(my windows XP working
> printer name) as printer address and In the subnetwork field I input
> 192.168.1. after that I hit scan but it tells me:
> "you are about to scan a subnet(192.168.1.*)that does not correspond
> to current subnet of this computer (127.0.0.*) .Do you want to scan
> the specified subnet anyway?"
>
> In addition, I tried the following:
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> LIJIANG:/home/lover# lpadmin -p serverPrinter -h 192.168.1.14 -i -v
> smb://server/ppp -P /root/ppp.ppd
> enable serberPrinter
> accept serberPrinter
> lpadmin -d serberPrinter
>
> lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection timed out
> LIJIANG:/home/lover# enable serberPrinter
> bash: enable: serberPrinter: not a shell builtin
> LIJIANG:/home/lover# accept serberPrinter
> accept: Operation failed: client-error-not-found
> LIJIANG:/home/lover# lpadmin -d serberPrinter
> lpadmin: set-default failed: client-error-not-found
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If you're using cupsys, you can try http://localhost:631
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