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Re: windows printer

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hart)
Mon Oct 28 08:57:53 1996

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:37:44 +1100 (EST)
From: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft,com.au>
Reply-To: Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
cc: Sven.Reitz@E-Technik.TU-Chemnitz.DE
In-Reply-To: <9610281306.AA21659@sisyphus.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com

On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Sven Reitz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> is it possible to use the printer connected to a machine running windows 3.11
> from a machine running redhat linux? Both machines are connected via
> tcp/ip. The printer is already used by other windows machines over the net and
> it is working very well.
> If it is possible, what do I have do install and to configure?

It most certainly can be done.

You need to install the samba rpm and read the samba-howto, there is also
a 'printing to windows' mini-howto I think.

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