[Samba] Printer on WinXP

[Kurt Pfeifle]

> Thomas Bergstam thomas at acat.se
> Sat Jan 3 18:10:22 GMT 2004
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Is it possible to use a printer attached to a WinXP computer from Linux
> (Suse) using only console mode, ie. no graphic mode?
> 

Yes.

1. Make sure your WinXP-attached printer is shared.


2. Make sure you use "CUPS" as a printing system.


3. Make sure you know about CUPS and PPDs.


4. Know that WinXP (Prof!) is capable of using IPP as a print protocol


5. Know that Microsoft, in their unlimited wisdom decided to use as
    a printer URI this:

         http://[IP-address of WinXP]:80/[printer-sharename]/.printer


6. Install the printer (assuming IP for WinXP is 11.12.13.14 and
    printer-sharename of printer is my_printer):

         lpadmin -p printername -v http://11.12.13.14:80/my_printer/.printer -E -P /path/to/PPD


7. Print to your heart's limits fromt the commandline:

         lp -d printername /path/to/printfile


Cheers,
Kurt

P.S:: Please bear in mind, that you may not receive anyone's attention to
       your question, if you continue to miss providing *any* details about
       your system, like "XP Home or XP Prof?", "Version of SuSE?" etc.