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:FedoraNews: How to Share a Local Printer on Linux with Windows using Samba
FedoraNews: How to Share a Local Printer on Linux with Windows using Samba
Jan 4, 2005, 08 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (7418 reads)

(Other stories by Thomas Chung)

[ Thanks to Thomas Chung for this link. ]

"Recently, I've purchased a new Ethernet Broadband Router with a built-in four-port switch plus a print server from D-Link. According to its manual, it says I could share my local printer by installing a print server software but it says it 'works with Windows Operating System Only.' So I wonder, is there any way I could share my local printer (Epson Stylus Photo 820) attached to my Linux Box with Windows using Samba instead? The answer is Yes!

"Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available under the GNU General Public License. Here is how you can install and configure samba so you can share a local printer on Linux with Windows..."

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Related Stories:
TechRepublic: Control Printers in Linux from the Command Line(Oct 25, 2004)
informIT: Samba-3: A Nine User Network Server(Aug 23, 2004)
eWeek: Integrating Windows and Linux Desktops(Jul 19, 2004)
Linux Journal: It's a Cross Platform, All Right!(Jun 20, 2004)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Why use Samba when Windows can use the l ...   Use LPD/LPR   
User
Jan 4, 2005, 08:36:56
 
It's surprising this gets an article ...   This rates an article?   
ac
Jan 4, 2005, 16:52:06
 
Unless you have a version of Windows tha ...   Just use CUPS via IPP   
Chris Smith
Jan 4, 2005, 21:10:51
 
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