Is this Linux printer setup even possible?

[86plymouthcolt]

I want to add print capability to Fedora on my LAN.

I have a DI-614 router with XP Pro on one box and Fedora on the other. The printer is attached to the XP box via USB.

Is it possible to print from Fedora via CUPPS, or must I add a print server for this to work?

 

[Bleep]

It depends on the printer. Some are not CUPS capable, Lexmark comes to mind and some others.

Bleep

 

[drag]

Generally Lexmark and Cannons are incompatable with Linux. Most Epson and HP printers work well with linux.


I don't realy know what your asking about though. You can share printers back and forth between Linux and Windows XP using either the SMB (windows file print and sharing, and SAMBA for linux) protocol, or use the IPP (internet printing protocol). I prefer IPP because it aviods the SAMBA compatability stuff (which is a excellent program, but it's nice to aviod complicating things).

you can find more information about it thru here, Cups information is here


When you share printers the computer is a print server. Cups is a print server that is generally just used for the computer it is on, although you can edit the cups.conf file in the /etc/cups directory (somewere like that) to allow other computers to connect.