Re: Printing from Unix to Printer on PC
From: Dan (gill_daniel_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/04/04
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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:39:35 -0500
The printer is connected to the USB port on the PC. I turned off Microsoft
firewall on the Network interface (which is wireless) it is connecting to a
Linksys router then to my ISP's Cisco router. Do routers, in general, not
listen on port 515?
Dan
"Alan Morris(MSFT)" <alanmo@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If you have the firewall enabled on XP you will need to setup an Exception
> for the Print Service for Unix (lpd). LPD listens for incoming jobs on
TCP
> Port 515.
> I do not quite understand how the printer is connected to the PC.
>
> I think the BSD selection would be the correct option in Unix
>
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
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> "Dan" <gill_daniel@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > I have windows XP with a printer attached to a UPC port. It is the
> default
> > printer for this PC and is on a network with an AIX server.
> >
> > I am trying to setup a print queue on the AIX server to print to my
> Printer
> > connected to my PC.
> >
> > I have installed Print Services for Unix from Add/Rem
> > programs/ windows components. Then made sure that TCP/IP Print server
was
> > started and set to Automatic. Is that all that is needed here?
> >
> > The printer on my PC is named BrotherH and is shared as BrotherH.
> >
> > I then went on my unix box:
> > Added my computer to the hosts file (tested with ping)
> > Set up printer to print to a remote host. In setup I named the queue
TEST
> > and put the name of my computer (the one I put in the hosts file) into
the
> > Host field and put BrotherH in the "Name of the QUEUE on the remote
server
> > field. I then selected BSD for the "Type of print spooler on the remote
> > server. Is BSD correct? The other opions are System V, AIX 3 or 4 and
AIX
> 2.
> >
> > Is this correct or am I missing something? I'm thinking there is
something
> > else I have to do on the PC but can't remember.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
>
>
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