[cups.general] Can Windows print to a CUPS printer without samba?

Scott Chapman scott_list at mischko.com
Sat Sep 11 12:08:46 PDT 2004


On Friday 10 September 2004 11:31 pm, Jerome Alet wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 10:38:35PM -0700, Scott Chapman wrote:
> > I'm wondering if it's possible to set up a CUPS printer on a Linux
> > server so that Windows can print to it as a Network Printer without
> > the use of Samba.
>
> Yes. This is possible at least with Win2000 and probably other
> versions.
>
> Just install a network printer, choose (I've only seen the french
> version) "Internet type printer", then type the following url :
>
>     http://yourcupsserver.example.com:631/printers/yourprintqueuename
>
> works fine
>
> hoping this helps
>
> Jerome Alet
>

Thanks!
I had to enable raw printing as well and things look great!

Scott





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