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  From: Robert Wuttke <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>
  To  : SaiGKrish" <s0g6620@cs.tamu.edu>, <s0g6620@cs.tamu.edu>
  Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:59:59 +0930

Re: Network printer.

Try the following URL, it should give you the information that you need.

http://redhat.google.com/redhat?q=JetDirect&restrict=redhat&num=10&search=re
dhat

Rob.

-----Original Message-----
From: SaiGKrish <s0g6620@cs.tamu.edu>
To: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Date: Tuesday, 27 April 1999 11:42 AM
Subject: Network printer.


>
>Y'all !!,
>
> ...  Have got a problem with configuring network printer.
> It is a HP laserjet 4000, having an ethernet interface. TCP/IP
> stack is installed. IP address 192.134.115.199. The printer
> can be configured thru' win 95 machine and is printing via
> network. But when I tried to configure it from my linux box
> using control-panel, it gave 3 options.
>
> Local, Remote unix queue, or SMB. I am not aware of SMB at all
> but can easily say that this is not one of the first 2. This
> printer is not connected to any local/remote Unix machine.  But I know
nothing
> about this SMB. I can see that SMB client as well as SMBD are running
> in my linux box. But shd there be a SMBD running somewhere too? The
> SMB thing asks for the server name, IPaddress and the printer name.
> If a printer is connected to the network, where is this hostname for
> printserver coming into picture?? Also it asks for username and
> password. I understand that I have to give the netware username/password
to
> print to a netware printer. But where shd I create the username
> and passwd in this case???
>
>         +---+
>         | A |          +-----+
>         |___|          |  B  |
>           |            |_____|
> ----------|---------------|-------------
>
>
> For eg. A is my linux box and B is the network printer,
> how can I print to B is my question simply put.
> If what I understand is wrong, (missing something)
> please educate me if you have time.
>
> Still worse is after configuration, my linux box allows me to
> print without any objection . But the material goes into
> some black hole.
>
>
>Thanks and Rgds,
>Sai.
>
>
>
>
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