DaveQB Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 (edited) Ok so when your searching online bout Linux print serving/sharing its 99% of the time returning search results of Window to/from Linux sharing. What i want to know is the obvious, Linux to Linux sharing. Server - MDK 9.2 kernel 2.4 Desktop - MDK 10.0 OE kernel 2.6 My desktop see's the server and the shared printer. but initially wouldnt print. I edited /etc/cups/printers.conf on the client so that the address reads http://server:631/printers/epson This is the URL i use on Windows clients on the network and works flawlessly. So from here the MDK client see's it and the right type of printer and all. I try to print anything and it prints a full black sheet of paper (such a waste of ink) I think i did have it working once but it seems even then every time i rebooted i had to reconfigure it etc. It just seems so much harder to print MDK-to-MDK then it does XP-to-MDK, which seems quite odd to me. I gotta reboot into Windows to print to my Linux server LOL any help welcome Edited August 21, 2004 by DaveQB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 That is odd.. usually cups basically makes everything self configurable with linux. What application are you using to print? Is the setting in the desktop screwed perhaps? Anyway, there is an updated printer drivers up in Mandrake Update for Mandrake 10. Try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveQB Posted August 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Sorry i didnt get back soon (forgot to select email notification (most forums i use do it automatically)) I too thought it might be an app problem but i have tried from OOo and KDEprint config test page and also from the CUPS; admin test page. i hate try different things and test coz its such a waste of ink and the next sheet printed often has a colour problem. Whats this new printer driver your refering too ?? Epson driver or a new CUPS revision ?? thanx for the reply. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 It's CUPS and all other related drivers, such as hpoj. Anyway, my office use a mixed Mandrake setup. I just use printerdrake to setup the printer in one of the computer and if that printer works for that computer, cups will automatically share that printer to the other mandrake desktops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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