I originally asked a dumb-brain question about printing from Unix to an NT
spooler.
Many people kindly took the time to reply and I thank you all including, but
not restricted to (oops - been reading too many Microsoft licences!)
Joe Fletcher
Jerry Winegarden
Sean O'Connell
Anthony R. Gerbino
I have included several snippets of info I found particularly useful
including the whole of Jerry Winegarden's reply, thank you!
Jerry said:
There are two ways you can print FROM a UNIX box TO a printer
directly connected to an NT box.
1) use samba smbclient to make your Tru U box able to access Microsoft
Networking (SMB) services from the NT box, both file and printer. You'll
have to get samba and install it on each UNIX box that you want to be able
to access the NT's file and print services. Yes, you, too can dumb down
your networking and become an active member of the world according to
Mr. Bill!
2) use tcp/ip printing services (module not installed by default on NT box)
on the NT box to provide lpd service, then ANY UNIX box can naturally print
to the NT's lpd printer. (In /etc/printcap, define the printer, using
rm=NT's_ip_name_or_number, rp=NT's_lpd_printer_que_name)
You might make arguments for both methods. #2 may be quickest for you
and also easiest if you have more than one UNIX (or VMS!) box to print
to the printer. lpd is also what you can use if you buy NETWORK printers
(with 10BaseT port) or print server boxes (1-2 parallel ports, 1 10Base T
port) - which can turn parallel personal printers into network printers
(if you can find the driver for them for your UNIX box).
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Jerry Winegarden OIT/Technical Support Duke University
jbw_at_oit.duke.edu
http://www-jerry.oit.duke.edu
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Sean O'Connell [sean_at_stat.Duke.EDU] said of the lpd method:
I am using this technique to print from a FreeBSD print spooler
to a color inkjet on an nt machine. The only thing that needed
to be fixed was that I had to do some registry settings on the
machine to allow it to pass the print job through unmolested to
the printer, otherwise, I ended up with many colorful pages of
gibberish being printed.
See Microsoft KB: Article ID: Q150930
Received on Fri Nov 19 1999 - 15:35:16 NZDT