Re: howto network printers without NetBIOS

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Kerry Brown wrote: 
Tony wrote:

Hi All,

  I have two XP-Pro-SP2 computers.  I want
to share one's printer with the other.

  Problem: the network is TCP/IP only
and NetBIOS is disabled (blocked).

  Any tips or suggestions would be greatly
appreciated!

Many thanks,
--Tony


Not sure if it'll print without netbios but you can connect to a printer with the ip address. i.e. \\192.168.1.1\printer_name

Kerry


Hi Kerry,

  I was thinking along those lines too.  I used the
print sharing for UNIX (LPD/LPR), but had only
managed to get command line LPR to work.  So, I
was hoping to find if someone else had come up with
a cleaver way of doing it.

Many thanks,
--Tony
.

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