printing to a network printer

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On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 05:42, Don wrote:
> I need to print on the HP LaserJet 5Si from FC1. Either directly via
> tcp/ip jetdirect card, or through the windows network.

Have you tried testing samba connectivity from the commandline?  If the
printer is known as \\bigserver\printer to windows users. try:

$ smbclient -L bigserver
[hit enter at password prompt; you should then see a list of shares
including "printer"]
$ w > /var/tmp/w
$ smbclient //bigserver/printer -U windowsusername
[put your windows password in at the password prompt]
print /var/tmp/w

If you get the output of the "w" command, then the basic connectivity
CAN be established and you just need to work out how to configure CUPS
on Fedora to see that printer.  Check out
http://www.cups.org/cups-help.html .  If you can't get smbclient to
connect to the printer, check out the samba troubleshooting steps at
http://samba.mirror.ac.uk/samba/docs/ .