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Many ways. Simplest (imo) is when you have Windows 2000/NT/XP.
Starting at the Windows machine (this taken from a 2K system):
First you must install Print Services for Unix. To do this, you must have Administrator access for the Windows computer. Login to the Windows computer as the Administrator, open the Control Panel (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel). Double-Click the Add/Remove programs Icon. Next click on Add/Remove Windows Components on the left side of the window. Scroll down to Other Network File and Print Services, check the box to select it. Click Next, and Windows will install the service.
Next, configure the service to start at boot. Right-click My Computer, and select Manage. Under Services and Applications, click on Services. Scroll down to TCP/IP Print Server, and double-click on it. Change Startup type to Automatic if it is not already. Start the service if it is Stopped.
Now share any printer that is already installed on your Windows 2000 system that you want to be able to remote print to. To do this, click on Start -> Settings -> Printers, and right-click on the printer to be shared if it is not already and select Sharing (the hand icon underneath tells you it's shared). Select Shared as: and type the name of the printer as you want it to appear to the systems it's sharing to. Remember this 'share' name as you will use it later! Click OK and your printer is ready to be printed to from Unix.
Now over to the OpenServer machine, again- you need administrator rights.
Set up the remote printer on your Unix system, using the share name you specified as the queue name. Run the SCOAdmin tool, 'scoadmin printer' and then add a new remote unix printer. SCOAdmin -> Printer -> Add Remote -> UNIX. For the 'Host' prompt, enter the IP address (or the hostname if the system has an entry in /etc/hosts or network has working DNS for local network) of the Windows computer, for the 'Printer' prompt, enter the shared printer name as specified when you shared the printer under windows. Unselect the box for 'extended remote printing protocol'. Choose OK, and the printer is configured and ready to use.
Again, this is just one way of doing it. Samba and VisionFS will also allow you alternate methods. In fact, I think if the Windows box is 95/98/ME Samba or VisionFS might be the only options...
Starting at the Windows machine (this taken from a 2K system):
First you must install Print Services for Unix. To do this, you must have Administrator access for the Windows computer. Login to the Windows computer as the Administrator, open the Control Panel (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel). Double-Click the Add/Remove programs Icon. Next click on Add/Remove Windows Components on the left side of the window. Scroll down to Other Network File and Print Services, check the box to select it. Click Next, and Windows will install the service.
Next, configure the service to start at boot. Right-click My Computer, and select Manage. Under Services and Applications, click on Services. Scroll down to TCP/IP Print Server, and double-click on it. Change Startup type to Automatic if it is not already. Start the service if it is Stopped.
Now share any printer that is already installed on your Windows 2000 system that you want to be able to remote print to. To do this, click on Start -> Settings -> Printers, and right-click on the printer to be shared if it is not already and select Sharing (the hand icon underneath tells you it's shared). Select Shared as: and type the name of the printer as you want it to appear to the systems it's sharing to. Remember this 'share' name as you will use it later! Click OK and your printer is ready to be printed to from Unix.
Now over to the OpenServer machine, again- you need administrator rights.
Set up the remote printer on your Unix system, using the share name you specified as the queue name. Run the SCOAdmin tool, 'scoadmin printer' and then add a new remote unix printer. SCOAdmin -> Printer -> Add Remote -> UNIX. For the 'Host' prompt, enter the IP address (or the hostname if the system has an entry in /etc/hosts or network has working DNS for local network) of the Windows computer, for the 'Printer' prompt, enter the shared printer name as specified when you shared the printer under windows. Unselect the box for 'extended remote printing protocol'. Choose OK, and the printer is configured and ready to use.
Again, this is just one way of doing it. Samba and VisionFS will also allow you alternate methods. In fact, I think if the Windows box is 95/98/ME Samba or VisionFS might be the only options...
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