> Hello Jeff,
>
> I live in a windown free environment so I can't help you with your w2k/samba issues but I use the following setup
> successfully:
> 2 printers called inkjet and laser connected to /dev/lp0 and /dev/lp1 on an old P100 called manuel
> manuel runs lprng with one queue for each printer and simply spools in raw mode to the printers.
> cupsd runs on my server called polly
> On polly I have edited /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to allow connections from other clients and admins
> New drivers, i.e. .PPD files need to be copied to /usr/share/cups/model/
> You need to restart cupsd after you have copied new drivers.
> My main workstation called basil also has cups installed.
> On basil I only edited /etc/cups/client.conf and put the following line
> ServerName polly
> nothing else needed to be done on basil.
> When configuring a new printer with the web interface I gave lpd://manuel/laser and lpd://manuel/inkjet
> You would simply give /dev/lp0
> That's it.
>
> BTW, I also have a Dymo Turbo330 label printer connected via usb on polly, worked right from the first label.
>
> HTH,
> Xavier.
>
Me again,

I thought I'd point out that cupsd _does not_ run on basil.