[ale] Setting a Windows machine to a Linux Printer

[Chris Ricker]

On  1 Dec, Robert L Harris wrote:
> Ok,
>   My Linux box can now print to my printer haning off my other linux box.
> Everything is working great, including the filter.  Now, how do I make 
> my local machine print to it when I'm in 95?  I can't tell winblowz to
> find the network printer cause the print server's in Linux and 95 won't
> recognize it.

You've got two choices.  You can find unix print queue support for Win95
(OnNet from FTP software has one that works okay), which is
probably gonna cost you money, or you can set up samba on your linux box
to share your printer and then access it in the normal Windows
networking way.

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                 gt1355b at prism.gatech.edu