[ale] Sharing non-network-capable printer

[James P. Kinney III]

On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 17:23 -0400, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> Is it possible to share a printer that is not a network printer?  I
> have a Linux box in one room with a physically attached (via USB)
> Epson Stylux C84 and an Apple Mac Mini in another room that I want to
> be able to use this printer.
> 
> Is it possible to make this printer available to the Mac?  The Mac
> access the net wirelessly via a Netgear wireless router to which my
> other machines are physically connected via Ethernet cables.
> 
Absolutely. In your CUPS setup just specify that that printer is
available for sharing and make sure the firewall permits access. The Mac
should "see" it with no problem. You will still need Mac drivers for the
printer.

> Thanks.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
-- 
James P. Kinney III          \Changing the mobile computing world/
CEO & Director of Engineering \          one Linux user         /
Local Net Solutions,LLC        \           at a time.          /
770-493-8244                    \.___________________________./
http://www.localnetsolutions.com

GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics)
<jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part