Bug 63975

Summary:	Windows can use CUPS for printing
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Component:	Printing HOWTO	Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	docs-team
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-09-14 02:50:19 UTC

Perhaps it is interesting to add this to the printing howto. Sent to www@gentoo.org by Chris Kimpton:

"""
Thanks for the printing guide - that really helped me out.

I hope I am not imposing (and contacting the correct person) - but as it
was something useful to me, I thought I'd mention it.

I have some Windoze machines that need to print - but the printer is
hooked up to a Gentoo server (now!) - I was going down the route of Samba
as per the guide - but getting frustrated with all the options and whether
XP Home would be able to use it anyway... when I found that Windoze can
access remote CUPS printers. [
http://networking.earthweb.com/netsecur/article.php/10951_2236011_2 ]

I think it would be good to mention this as well on the guide - I guess
there is a little more work to be done on the Windoze side in terms of
manually entering the printer location - but it was definitely easier than
configuring Samba - at least for a Samba noob like me.

It would be useful for the time being - at least until everyone has
migrated to gentoo  ;-)

Regards,
"""

Comment 1 Chris Kimpton 2004-09-16 02:08:13 UTC

Hi,

One thing I forgot to mention is that I got CUPS to accept the connections by amending its security config Allow from my domain - I am not sure how flexible CUPS is on this - eg can it have users - in my case of a home printer, its pretty low risk - but some people might be concerned about making a printer wide open for use... 

Chris

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-12-02 08:56:27 UTC

Timeout. Marking as LATER. Keeping bug in mind (mentioned in metadoc)

Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-26 10:10:17 UTC

I'm taking on this one

Comment 4 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-26 10:19:27 UTC

I've added a small chapter explaining the steps to have the printer be installed on Windows. Thanks for reporting. I've left the "wide-open" issue undecided, that's up to the user.