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Garret

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From: Palermo, Italy

Registered: 2006-07-09

Posts: 172

[SOLVED] - Printing to a Windows XP printer

I've already installed cups, samba, gutenprint, foomatic and hplip packages.
I need to print from my arch laptop to a printer linked to a Windows XP desktop pc.
The printer and the desktop are elsewhere, so I had to link my two pc with a vpn using Hamachi.

The printer is a HP Laserjet 1200.

I tried to figure it out with the web cups interface.
I chose "Windows printer via Samba" and as URI "smb://HamachIP/HP1200"
HP1200 is the printer name on my Windows XP pc.

If it can serve I set in both computer "CASA" as workgroup.

As ppd file I used this.

If I try to print a test page the printer doesn't do anything.

Last edited by Garret (2009-09-20 18:30:49)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,774

Re: [SOLVED] - Printing to a Windows XP printer

It may be a problem with permissions on the Windows side. 

Check the security event log on the Windows box (can be reached from Administrative tools from the Control Panel)

You may either set Windows permission to allow the world to use your printer -or-
Change your printer address to be of the form:

smb://windowsUserName:password@HamachIP/HP1200

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Garret

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From: Palermo, Italy

Registered: 2006-07-09

Posts: 172

Re: [SOLVED] - Printing to a Windows XP printer

I solved rebooting the printer...

as URI I gave smb://workgroup/Hamach_IP/printer_name and used the previuso PPD file.