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 at 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. > > > -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20051228/ed78e730/attachment-0004.html>