Adding the \\server name to the share WORKED!!! I can finally print from
Linux to my NT printers. Thanks every one espicially you Craig for all the
help.
Tom
On Thursday 27 December 2001 10:07 pm, you wrote:
> Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> > In the print config gui I am giving the administrator ID and password for
> > the NT box. That should take care of any rights issues at the NT end.
>
> ----
> yes, it should but it shouldn't much matter since by default, EVERYONE
> is allowed to print - so guest without a password is likely to work. The
> issue is likely to be - as I was telling you this morning...the Share...
>
> it needs to be \\SERVER_NAME\NAME_OF_PRINTER - whatever the server name
> and name of printer are. This was totally important.
>
> If you want, you can send me the output of
>
> cat /var/spool/lpd/HP5L/status.HP5L
>
> but if I were a betting man, I would guess that it will say that each
> job has a broken pipe which basically means that it has no path to the
> printer which would be as described above - at least it was for me. Also
> make sure that you have picked a PPD for the printer for Postscript.
> Hey, if I can do it with the cheap Xerox XK35c ink jet printer, you can
> do it with the HP5L which has so much more support.
>
> Craig
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