Author: Peter Salisbury Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] "seeing" a USB printer on a network.
On Monday 05 March 2007 13:45, Mike Burrows wrote: > Mike Burrows wrote:
> > Hello Folks.
> >
> > I have a doze box hosting a shared brother usb printer on a
> > network. The same box accesses directories on my Sarge Box via
> > samba (of course
> >
> > :-) . I have installed the printer using the web interface for
> > : CUPS
> >
> > (having installed the brother driver which has already been
> > written!) But can't print a test page.
> >
> > Can Linux clients "see" a usb printer on a doze host via samba?
>
> Hi Folks.
>
> Before I give up on CUPS and Samba, can I just confirm that this
> should at least be doable please?
>
> cheers
> Mike Yes, I do this all the time in both directions.
Try smb4k to browse the network. I take it the printer is set as
shared on its PC?
