This is one of those things that should be easy, and I'm surprised that it isn't for you. Rather than specify programs, I'd suggest a method: on your Linux machine, browse to https://localhost:10000 . If webmin comes up, you'll have access to a graphics interface that will allow you to do a bunch of configuration things, including printing for a Windows network, which is what it sounds like you're trying to do. If webmin doesn't come up, you don't have it installed or running, and you should probably start by installing it. The other advantage is that webmin allows you to configure a lot of your Linux system, without having to learn the details about all of the various configuration files. No question: you're better off knowing about all the configuration files, and being able to hack them directly, but there's also no question that learning all that takes a lot longer. On Wednesday 02 January 2002 10:12 pm, you wrote: > Please point a bewildered & befuddled newbie in the right direction > > I would really appreciate it if someone could "narrow" the field for me > here.I have now got my Linux file server working and would like to add a > print server to the system. But over the last few days I have read so > many different documents on the subject, each with a different opinion, > that I have become totally confused. > > If a person who's 'been there' could just say "You will want CUPS, > ghostscript, lpr and Samba" or "You will need GTX and HP imprint and > lppdd but NOT lpr or foomatic", it would be a tremendous help. > > It would be even more wonderful if someone could then say "Rather than > searching through the 1200 articles, commentaries and man pages relating > to XXX, here is a single good HowTo which, while being neither so deep > and comprehensive as to be bewildering, nor so simplistic as to be > useless, will get you quickly to a basic functioning system which you > can than study, tweak and add to at your leisure, without the acrimony > and hostile stares of your family members as they wait to print." > Although I'm probably asking too much here (especially if someone were > going to try to say it in a single breath) > > Alternately, if the problem is not me but that what I'm trying to do is > actually rather difficult, please tell me and I will go out and buy a > $100 print server and end my misery. I already have far too many Linux > things to learn without taking weeks to wade through a can of worms > (plus, lets not forget those hostile stares! <:^0 ) > > > Here's my setup. > > Home Network > - Cable Router > - TCP/IP and (I think) Netbios > - WorkGroup (vs. domain) > - Linux file server and (hopefully) print server > - HP Laserjet 1200SE > - Clients are Win98 & Win2000 > > O/S > - Slackware 8.1 (kernel 2.4.5) > - Samba 2.2.0a (for file access) > - No NFS (turned off) > > Hardware > - AMD K5-PR166 > - 256MB > - 18GB SCSI > - /Home - 15GB IDE (on Maxtor IDE card) > > HP Laserjet 1200SE (same as HP-1200 according to HP) > - HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, PostScript® Level 2 emulation > - 72mb memory > - I have a PPD from HP.SourceForge (if that helps) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list