cups bug

[Helge Blischke]

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> hi
> 
> i have a slackware 10.2 and my printer is set up to:
> 
> <DefaultPrinter printer>
> Info laser
> Location rds
> DeviceURI smb://x.x.x.x/hp1300alina
> State Idle
> Accepting Yes
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> </Printer>
> 
> and my problem is that i can't print in my lan.. the printer is connected to a windows system.
> 
> the error is:
> [Job 1] Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: Unable to connect
> to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: Unable t
> o connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR
> : Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...
> 
> but with a windows system i can print via lan.
> 
> any sugestions?

On your Win box, you must share the printer and grant access to everyone, or you would have to
specify a user name and a password in the device-URI.

Helge

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Helge Blischke
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