RedHat Linux print to Window NT Server

[larva]

Hi guys,

My office got a domain which have Window NT Server and RedHat Linux Server. Window NT is controlling a HP Network Printer. I want to be able to print my document from Linux Server. Please guide me ! Both server under same domain and this domain have 20 Windows2000 Pro PC. Thanks !

regards,
Larva

 

[Sunner]

We have a similar setup with a HP8100TN printer hooked up to an NT4 server, but I found it much less of a hassle to just connect the Linux box to the printer without going through the NT box.
Have a look at Linuxprinting.org and you'll find official HP drivers for their printers, then just connect through CUPS.

 

[larva]

Hi,

I got a problem is that the Windows NT 4.0 Server is a domain controller. Is that possible to pass thru this domain controller ? What is CUPS ? Thanks !

regards,
Larva

 

[Sunner]

CUPS is the Common UNIX Printing System.

What I meant by connecting directly to the printer is, if you have a network printer, you can connect your Linux box right to it over an IP network without touching the NT box.
Setting us SMB printing to an NT box is a PITA IMO, while setting it up to connect to the printer directly is much easier.

The easiest way if you're unsure would probabaly be to use KDE's Printing manager(assuming you have KDE installed), it's quite easy to use, but you'll need a .ppd file that's specific for your printer, that's kinda like a driver for the printer, and can be found at Linuxprinting.org, or at least you should be able to find it there, I've yet to see a HP printer that didn't have one.
Don't know if Gnome have any smilar tools, and you can of course od it through the command line.

Have a look at linixprinting.org, pretty much everything you need to know is there, including info on how to connect to an SMB printer(Linux->Windows), which is a tad more complicated.