[wellylug] sharing printer

[William Hamilton]

Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> Hmm - don't think printer has USB - will have to pull it out and look. 
> Trying CCux on new "old' computer shortly.  Network would mean I could 
> test internet connection I guess, but I wonder if I am trying to run 
> before I am walking :-)
> reagrds
> Rosemary
> 
> Bill Christiansen wrote:
> 
>> If they're all in the same area you could just use the paralell port
>> for one pc and the usb for the other (assuming your printer has both
>> paralell and usb connections). Otherwise you may be looking at
>> networking the pc's.
>>
>> PS, the CD's arrived, thanks
>> Bill
>>
>> On 5/18/05, Rosemary McGillicuddy <mcgillra at infogen.net.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> Can someone direct me to info about using two pcs to connect to one 
>>> printer
>>> thanks
>>>

As a followup to Michael's message.
http://www.cups.org/

SAMBA integration is here:
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L194+I0+T+P1+Qsamba

 From the SAMBA side:
http://de.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/CUPS-printing.html


Good luck

W