[Samba] OT - LPD for Windows ...

[John Benedetto]

--On Thursday, September 12, 2002 5:20 PM +0200 Malte Starostik 
<malte at starostik.de> wrote:

> Windows NT, 2k, XP have something like a "UNIX printer support" driver
> or what's it called. AFAIK it's an lpd implementation, but not idea
> whether client or server or both. I never used it, just remember having
> seen it. Maybe you could try that one, it's in somewhere in Windows
> Setup (look for network stuff)
>
> HTH,
> -Malte

In NT4, it's a service (I think) you need to add in the network setup. 
Then, add a new TCP/IP printer port in the add printer dialogs.

When I have done the same thing in W2K, add a new local printer (uncheck 
the Auto detect P&P printer box), Create a new port, and choose "Standard 
TCP/IP Port".

Don't know anything about XP.

As for Win9x, we have used LPR Spooler by Thomas Heil.  This package was 
purchased by our Campus Computing people as part of a software suite.  I 
don't know about any free implementations (not that they don't exist, just 
that I don't know of any).

- john

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org
>> [mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of C.Lee Taylor
>> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 4:59 PM
>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Subject: [Samba] OT - LPD for Windows ...
>>
>>
>> Greetings ...
>>
>>	Sorry to be a little off topic, but I was wondering if
>> anybody knows of a
>> free lpd for Windows?  I hate sharing printers using the M$
>> way.  See all
>> them computers on my network is just not pleasing, I like the
>> way Novell
>> does it.
>>
>>	I was thinking of lpd, LPRng or CUPS with cygwin, but
>> can't seem to find any
>> binaries.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Mailed
>> Lee
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