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printing to windows 2000

From: efflandt@xnet.com (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Windows can't see CUPS printer
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 14:47:44 +0000 (UTC)
References: <3ED99C03.2090902@stemnet.nf.ca.remove_this> 

On Sun, 01 Jun 2003, Dr. Yuan LIU <yliu@stemnet.nf.ca.remove_this> wrote:
> I can view the interface using browser on the Win2k machine, but when I 
> tried to "Add printer" using the URL, it says cannot find the printer, 
> blah.  Anyone else tried this?  Can't find much in google.

Not sure why everyone recommends samba.  Win2k can probably be set up with
a TCP port (like NT/XP can) as a client for standard Unix LPR printing.  
Although cups natively does IPP instead of LPD, its docs mention:

  11. LPD Client Support

   By popular request, CUPS 1.1 supports LPD-based clients using a new
   mini-daemon that handles LPD requests and passes them on to the main
   server.

The TCP port is probably set up under local printers other instead of
network printers (at least that is how XP did it).  Once you set up the
TCP port, you set up the printer driver to print to that TCP port (like
another LPT port).

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