Next message: Antony N. Lord: "Re: [WinMac] Windows Printers"
On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 03:10 AM, Antony N. Lord wrote:
> I'm running a PowerBook Lombard (10.2.3) which has just joined a PC
> network...
>
> I can see all the HP laser printers fine.
>
> However, I really need access to a printer called (on the Windows
> boxes)
>
> \\thecompanyserver\DeskJet1220c
>
> The printer (obviously a nice colour A3 HP DeskJet 1220c) hangs off
> the back of the server box via a parallel cable...
>
> Things are not being helped by the server admin changing the admin
> password all the time and not being around much.
>
> Which protocol under X should I be trying to connect with and what
> services should be running on the server box (Windows 2000.)
You might get by with Gimp-print, and the printer would have to be made
available as an lpd queue.
10.3 has this built in, so if it's being shared via SMB, you can print
to it. Worth an upgrade, definitely. 10.3 runs better and faster than
10.2.
> --
"Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D.
Bruce Johnson
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