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| Ok here is my question.How do I use my printer on my network?I have a linux
box with no graphical stuff on it.I just go in as root and do any commands
from there.This linux box is just for running a ham radio program(IRLP).It
is RedHat 9.I am very new to linux so it has to be explained to me How
to...I do know others that have the same type of setup do print some of the
directories etc.I have two windows computers running and using each others
printers as shared.Now I need to let linux share the two or even one of
these printers.I am on cable and have a router setup.
Please anyone>>Tell me step by step as how to do this setup.I have looked on
line for help but don't understand any of the lingo.Like I said,I am a
newbie at this.Thanks for any and all help.
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| Steve Schreiber 2004-02-12, 12:36 pm |
| Dick wrote:
> Ok here is my question.How do I use my printer on my network?I have a linux
> box with no graphical stuff on it.I just go in as root and do any commands
> from there.This linux box is just for running a ham radio program(IRLP).It
> is RedHat 9.I am very new to linux so it has to be explained to me How
> to...I do know others that have the same type of setup do print some of the
> directories etc.I have two windows computers running and using each others
> printers as shared.Now I need to let linux share the two or even one of
> these printers.I am on cable and have a router setup.
>
> Please anyone>>Tell me step by step as how to do this setup.I have looked on
> line for help but don't understand any of the lingo.Like I said,I am a
> newbie at this.Thanks for any and all help.
>
>
Hey,
The easy way is to run printconf-tui (text user interface). It is out
of the 'redhat-config-printer-0.6.47-1' package. It is an ASCII art
menu driven program which is really simple. Hope this helps!
S.
--
--> GNU/Linux is user friendly... it's just picky about its friends.
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| That does not tell me anything.Like I said,I am a newbie at linux.This is
why I am asking for step by step help.I have no idea where or how to look
for whatever you said.Thanks
"Steve Schreiber" <sschreibATTmagmaDOTTca> wrote in message
news:YbKdnQxSf9LJt7HdRVn-tw@magma.ca...
> Dick wrote:
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> Hey,
>
> The easy way is to run printconf-tui (text user interface). It is out
> of the 'redhat-config-printer-0.6.47-1' package. It is an ASCII art
> menu driven program which is really simple. Hope this helps!
>
> S.
>
> --
>
>
> --> GNU/Linux is user friendly... it's just picky about its friends.
>
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| Vincent Herried 2004-02-12, 2:35 pm |
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> Please anyone>>Tell me step by step as how to do this setup.I have looked
> on line for help but don't understand any of the lingo.Like I said,I am a
> newbie at this.Thanks for any and all help.
I do it with a router/printer interface.
D-LINK has a box that is a firewall, router, and had a printer
parrallel port on it. Supposedly works w windoz, but I haven't messed with
windows
another alternative is to use samba to I think that would take a bunch of
reading.
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| Robert M. Riches Jr. 2004-02-12, 4:34 pm |
| In article <fe-dnRCzyIvur7HdRVn-iQ@adelphia.com>, Dick wrote:[color=blue]
> That does not tell me anything.Like I said,I am a newbie at linux.This is
> why I am asking for step by step help.I have no idea where or how to look
> for whatever you said.Thanks
>
> "Steve Schreiber" <sschreibATTmagmaDOTTca> wrote in message
> news:YbKdnQxSf9LJt7HdRVn-tw@magma.ca...
First, can you login to a text console? If so, do so, as
root. IIRC, you don't have X, so all you have are text
consoles.
Second, at the prompt, type "rpm -q redhat-config-printer"
(without the quote marks). If it doesn't return something
that looks like the quoted string in the middle line of
Steve's posting (I hope I got the attribution right), then
find that package on the installation CDs and install it.
Third, now that you have redhat-config-printer installed,
type "printconf-tui" (without the quote marks). Follow the
instructions.
General suggestions: Please don't top-post. Seeing a
response _before_ seeing the posting that prompted the
response is not the generally favored custom in these
newsgroups. Also, please get a copy of Redhat's
Customization Guide from the documentation CD. It will
answer many of your questions much more clearly and quickly
than you can get a response from the newsgroups.
Being a newbie is okay. We were all newbies, some of us
more recently than others. If you can't find the answers in
the documentation, at google.com/linux, or at
groups.google.com (advanced search, *linux* newsgroups),
then please post questions. Oh, and lurking in the
newsgroups, reading answers to everyone else's questions, is
a good way to learn.
Good luck.
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@verizon.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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| Steve Schreiber 2004-02-13, 11:34 am |
| Dick wrote:
> That does not tell me anything.Like I said,I am a newbie at linux.This is
> why I am asking for step by step help.I have no idea where or how to look
> for whatever you said.Thanks
> "Steve Schreiber" <sschreibATTmagmaDOTTca> wrote in message
<snip>
Ok,
first thing is first, check to see if your printer is supported at:
www.linuxprinting.org You may not get an exact hit, but you would want
one fairly close to a 'perfect' and it should go your milage may vary....
Go step by step then, log in as root, and run `printconf-tui`. Do you
get 'command not found' or an ASCII menu? If you get command not
found, then you will have to install it via RPM.
Put CD in the cd drive and mount it with 'mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'
-- if you get an error here, post back or reseach.
Change directory to /mnt/cdrom/Redhat/RPMS, do an
'ls redhat-config-printer-0.6.47-1'
if it is there, do an 'rpm -i redhat-config-printer-0.6.47-1' to
install it. You may get dependancy errors, so basically rpm -i what it
needs (rpm will tell you) until the above command works.
I don't know where you are at, if you have it installed on your system,
or even what kind of printer you have. Give info, get info!
S.
--
--> GNU/Linux is user friendly... it's just picky about its friends.
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