Topic: w98 remote printer

[kglang]

I have setup a sme-server since one day. Workstations are w98 pc's with local deskjet printers connected to lpt1.

How can I use these local printers as network printers?

Anyone her can give us a step by step instruction?

Printer name: dj520boo
sme server: dlt04
workgroup: buero

Thanks

PS: in the past we have done so with Novell 3.12 and rprinter installed on local machines. We do not want to use printers connected directly to the network. The printers are connected to lpt's of the local machines.
Klaus G. lang
drlang@t-online.de

[irian]

Install CUPS.
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/rvandenaker/beta/e-smith-cups/documentation/

[Robert]

It's true that CUPS can print to SMB printers out of the box. This is particularly useful if you want to have a central spooler for all your SMB printers and/or have clients on your network that don't do SMB themselves. I for instance use it to print to a printer that's attached to a Windows 98 machine from Mac OS 9 and BeOS, neither of which does SMB or even has a native driver for the printer.
However, if you're in a Windows-only environment, it seems to me that it would be easier to let the clients talk to each other and just skip the SME Server.