At Wed, 7 Aug 2019 17:21:53 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Valeri Galtsev wrote: > >> On Aug 6, 2019, at 5:41 PM, mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > >> > >> Is there any way, other than installing CUPS on windows, to get the > >> damn Win laptop to print to my C 6 box, which has CUPS running and a > >> USB laserjet? > >> > > Since forever (ah, about Win 2000) Windows knows UNIX printing. Making > > windows box talking to UNIX print server its native language makes the > > most robust setup. It is, however not turned on by default. So (adjust to > > your version as Microsoft reshuffles location of all the same tools with > > ever release): > > > > Control Panel —> Programs and Features —> Enable/disable features > > > > In the long list there is Printing, click on it to expand, and enable LPR > > and LPD > > AHHHH!!! That I had no clue about (I do *not* do Windows). > > > > Now when creating printer choose to create new local port, choose LPR (or > > does it say LPD?) port and give your CUPS server name, and queue name. > > The rest is as usual (choose printer driver, I prefer postscript ones). > > > Dumb question: queue name - is that like printer name, in the CUPS admin > web page? Yes. > > > > You should be done now. Incidentally, I use CUPS with LPD listening on > > the server side, as the last makes the most robust setup for variety of > > clients. We have FreeBSD server, and client systems are: FreeBSD, Linux > > (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu), Windows, MacOS. > > > > I hope, this helps. > > We'll see when my lady gets back from SC next week. Thanks very much. > > mark > > > > > > Valeri > > > > > >> mark _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS at centos.org > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Valeri Galtsev > > Sr System Administrator > > Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics > > Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics > > University of Chicago > > Phone: 773-702-4247 > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services