Byron -
I got my wife a Mac (she has only been asking for one for three years): iBook G4. Well her printer is hooked up to a PC and she likes to roam around the house with the wireless connection. Can your suggestion be implemented in this environment?
Todd
Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Todd Cary todd@aristesoftware.com wrote:
I am running Centos 4 and I am trying to use a printer on a Windows domain that is connected to a Windows XP Pro
computer.
If I do smbclient //ComputerName/PrinterName password -U UserName and then /> printmode text /> print /tmp/test.txt the printer works. However, if I setup the printer and check the CUPS printers.conf, it appears to be correct, but I get NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL when I print from OpenOffice or try to print from an Apple iBook. Any suggestions on what I should check?
I'm not answering your question directly, because to do so, I'd need to see your CUPS configuration.
That aside, have you considered setting up your Windows Server with a LPD or an IPP queue for the printer?
If you can, avoid SMB printing -- for countless reasons. God knows I do so even for Windows clients. Microsoft's own NT reliability studies show the NT spooler is the reason why NT crashes/hangs 8% of the time.