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This is the third in a series of at least 3 cries for help, each on a |
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separate sub-part of my goal of making sense of cups, lpd and Windows Vista. |
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I have a cups server on my gentoo system, and it serves its own jobs and |
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those of a WinXP host that's on my LAN. The XP host is set up to use the |
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Gentoo system as an LPD server, using the drivers I loaded off the XP |
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install CD. |
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So far, so good, although parts 1 and 2 (previous posts) show that it's not |
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perfect. |
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What I want now is to let my wife's Windows Vista laptop use the printer. |
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I've seen how to set up an LPD printer in Vista, and it's a bit easier than |
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it was in XP. However, it does not work at all -- I cannot print a test |
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page. The Vista box seems to think everything's fine, but nothing |
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happens at the printer. |
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The Vista machine is connected via wireless to my LAN, where CUPS is |
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working, and where a NAT router also gives access to the wider |
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internet. It seems that this should work, but it does not. |
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Help? |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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