On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 03:16:26 GMT
Nick J Chackowsky <chackowsky.nick.xray@portal.brandonsd.mb.ca> wrote:


>
> At the same time, I'd like for her to be able to see my NEC printer
> even if I'm running Linux at the time, since she can often make use of
> the relatively cheap $/pg on the NEC compared to the Lexmark. (I can
> see that this part is more of a Windows question than a Slackware
> question, but maybe someone here has worked out what's needed?)
>

I did something like this a while back. Here's the logic. Windows can
send a print file to the Linux box running Samba. Samba hands the
print file to the printing software (either CUPS or LPRng). You need a
printer defined on the printing software to send the incoming file
directly to the printer. That is, it should not run the print file
through a filter.

The docs that come with the Samba and Cups packages should tell you how
to do this.

This will work for a parallel port printer. If it's a USB printer ... I
don't know.

Mike