[101702] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Samba: smbprint.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Hartley)
Sat Nov 28 17:14:09 1998
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 15:17:13 -0800
From: James Hartley <bojimbo@isat.com>
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James Hartley wrote:
> Hi, I am running Redhat 5.1 on my machine and I have configured Samba
> to allow my dads windows 95 machine to use my Unix printer. Now I want
> to use his hp720. I have run the printool on my machine to add a LAN
> printer.
>
> I have shared my dads printer on his machine with no password. I then
> double clicked the same in network neighborhood and created a printer
> in order to print to the share.
>
> When I try to print a test page with the printtool I get the message
>
> Printer error
>
> The computer has lost communication with the printer.
>
> On the Windows machine.
>
> what am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks.
>
Well I answered my own question here. My dad was using a data switch to his
printer
and it was not set correctly.
Sorry.....
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