Re: [Nolug] SAMBA...how horrible it has been to me

At 10:56 PM 7/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 21:08, Retrolin@aol.com wrote:
> > dude...I didn't touch anything, and now it doesn't work anymore.
> > I've spent the past 2 hours trying to get it to work again...unless
> > I can get this linux box to print through a windows XP pro machine.
> > it is completly useless to me. 90% of what I needs to be printed...
> > and I have no money for a print server. I'm losing hope
>
>As a temporary work-around, there's always ftp. Send the files
>to XP, and print directly from that machine. Not a long-term
>solution, but anything to get over the crisis situation.

I don't know if XP has lpd, but you can install lpd on the Windows server
products. If there isn't a Microsoft version available for XP then I'm sure
there is a freeware or shareware lpd for Windows available.

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Dustin Puryear <dustin@puryear-it.com>
Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com>
Providing expertise in the management, integration, and
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