[LBo] Remote printer ; screen saver

[Billy Pollifrone]

>> > 1. How do I see a printer that is attached (HP,USB) to a PC running
>> > windows
>> > ? I can see the shared folder (through Samba) in that PC, but not the
>> > printer , this printer works fine with Linux.

>> On 1/9/07, What you get is Not what you see <wyginwys at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 1. Are you sure the printer is shared by windows?

>> Yes I am (you know the hand under the printer icon) . Is there some
>>kind of
>> flag/option I should change in Samba or windows ?

Did you give CUPS the credentials to access the shared printer? I don't
think you can use guest access. If I'm wrong and you can, I wouldn't
want to anyway for security reasons.

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Billy Pollifrone
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Registered Linux User #433318 (http://counter.li.org)

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