Attaching a Networked Windows XP Printer to Red Hat Linux 7.1
A Red Hat Linux 7.1 client may print to a Windows XP printer. The two transport options are the same as the converse case discussed previously in “Attaching a Networked Red Hat Linux 7.1 Printer to Windows XP.” The Windows XP host must define a printer as a normal share or as an lpd printer.
The latter requires Windows XP, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 with TCP/IP Print Services installed. The Linux client needs a print queue defined as “Unix Printer (lpd) Queue” through printconf or a manual method. The driver for the target printer must be used. That's it. The client applications and the client user may print as if the printer were locally attached. The local queue hides the transport ...
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