I need help to understand the "why's and how's" in configure WinXP for
printing when using VisionFS. Does anyone have a good "how to" article
that explains what needs to be configured properly on both XP and
VisionFS?

I have recently had to integrate Windows XP and XP pro at two different
client sites and have had difficulty with SMB printing.

At the first client: Running WinXP and trying to set up an XP to UNIX
printer on the XP box. I used the control panel -> user accounts ->
and added the WinXP users unix login ID and VisionFS password and
was able to access the Visionfs shared directories. I was able
to set up TermLite from the Vision tools -> TermLite share Ok.

When I clicked the XP "add printer" icon and selected "network printer,"
then browsed the network and selected the UNIX system -> lj4,
XP informed me that "can't load printer driver, or non-XP compatible
driver" (Sorry, I did not record the exact error message. In essence,
XP is complaining about the UNIX shared printer not having a "proper"
XP driver that it can copy to the machine being set up). XP did
allow me to specify the printer driver from the standard list:
HP -> LaserJet IIISi.

The problem is: I can't print from XP to the UNIX printer. I did manage
to get a test page to print on one out of three attempts.

In this case, the XP system is brand new and still announces that
"XX days remain to complete the registration of the system."

Client 2: I was asked to setup UNIX -> WinXP printing.
I ran the visionfs print --install command with user name and
password set to "administrator" and the administrator's password.
However, I was unable to print from UNIX to the XP Pro system.

The error message logged in /usr/vision/vfsdata/logs/errorlp.log
ended with "ErrorTimeout." Setting up printing to a Win2K system
worked without problems.

I finally got printing to work on the XP Pro system by accessing
control panel -> user accounts -> administrator -> change password
and entering the password that I had used to successfully log in
to the XP Pro system as Administrator. Once the password was
"changed," I was able to print ok. This occurred on two XP Pro systems
at the client's site. Both systems are "registered" and I was able
to login as administrator on both system using the password supplied
when i arrived on-site. Printing only worked after I "changed" the
password and entered the same password I had been using to log in
with.

"The works not done until WordPerfect won't run!" -- rumored to be
the motto at Microsoft. And probably at the heat of Win XP networking.
--

Steve Fabac
S.M. Fabac & Associates
816/765-1670

"Steve Fabac" <smfabac@att.net> wrote in message
news:3FAAD62F.ED7F1D53@att.net...
> I need help to understand the "why's and how's" in configure WinXP for
> printing when using VisionFS. Does anyone have a good "how to" article
> that explains what needs to be configured properly on both XP and
> VisionFS?
>
> At the first client: Running WinXP and trying to set up an XP to UNIX
> printer on the XP box. I used the control panel -> user accounts ->
> and added the WinXP users unix login ID and VisionFS password and
> was able to access the Visionfs shared directories. I was able
> to set up TermLite from the Vision tools -> TermLite share Ok.
>
> The problem is: I can't print from XP to the UNIX printer. I did manage
> to get a test page to print on one out of three attempts.

If it worked once, it should work always, unless you have some other
problem. I do this all the time no problem. The only time I have had trouble
is when I forget to set the visionfs password for user.

> Client 2: I was asked to setup UNIX -> WinXP printing.
> I ran the visionfs print --install command with user name and
> password set to "administrator" and the administrator's password.
> However, I was unable to print from UNIX to the XP Pro system.

I use "Unix print services" on the XP box. Make sure this Windows component
is installed, if not you may need your XP CD. Start TCP Print service, add a
remote LPD printer on the Unix box.