hi all, i am unable to print anything on my hp laserjet 5l thru redhat 9 , i disconnected the pinter restarted & again rebooted & restarted it detects the hardware & says it has configured the printer but when i try to print anything there is an error message saying " lpr unable to print file srver-error-service-unavailable " i tried the below commands too but it doesnt work cups chkconfig cups on service cups restart this printer works fine when connected to windows , please help regards valeed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antonio Montagnani" <anto.montagnani@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 5:08 PM Subject: Re: how to make a print server on linux / share printer connected to linux pc on windows > valeed wrote: > > > hi all, > > I have installed redhat 9 on my pentium 4 , attached to this pc is an > > HP Laserjet 5L printer & this pc is on network. > > > > i dont have a hardware printserver device , is there anything to make > > this printer available as network printer ( having an IP ) > > if not than how can i share this printer , so that everyone on the > > network ( all windows clients 98/2000/xp) can print directly to this > > printer. > > > > > > regards > > > > valeed mulla > > three steps: > > a) Install and configure Samba (quite easy) n your Linux machine > b) Install the printer locally on your Windows PC (even if it is not > phisically connected) > c) change the port from LPT1: to //name_LinuxPC/name_ofprint_queue > > e) if you have CUPS installed for printng, there is some extra work on > two files in order to make CUPS print from the network, you have to > uncomment two lines that are clearly stated in two files in the > directory /ETC/CUPS : I do not remember the names of the files as I am > at work where I have no CUPS running, in order to have RAW printing work > > Hope that can help you > > Antonio > > -- > > > ================================================ > Written with Mozilla 1.4 on Linux RedHat 8.0 > ================================================ > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
