[FRIAM] Linux printing question

[Michael Gizzi]

I have a question for the many linux guru's on the list, hopefully someone
can help me.

When I finished grading for the semester on Monday I had an itch to turn a
spare unused PC in my office into a linux box.  I downloaded a ISO of the
Fedora 5 core and gave it a go.  Its running on an old Athlon XP 1800 with
1GB of RAM; and runs fairly well.  The X Windows interface is not the
fastest thing, but it is a nice change from windows.

My biggest challenge has been with networking it within my home network.  I
have a firewalled/vpn-capable linksys router/switch, a few 5 port switches
in different parts of the house, and a 80211G access point.  The machines
(all Windows XP Pro) connect in a workgroup and file sharing and printing
works well.  The laserjet is shared through my wife's pc, which is always on
so there is no problem there.

My initial problem was that while linux could see the windows machines, it
refused to connect to them.  I double-checked that samba was running, it
was.  The problem was related to the old workgroup name - @HOME, that dated
back to when AT&T @HOME was the cable modem provider.  Linux DID NOT like
the @ character.  Once I renamed the workgroup, it could see the machines
fine, and I can now access files from my other machines on the linux
machine.

BUT I can not figure out how to get linux to connect to the laserjet.  It
does not show up as a share, and I can not figure out how to make it one.

Would this issue go away if I just got a Linksys USB print server, and
controlled the printer through the network instead of through one of the
windows pc's?

Ultimately this is not that critical, as I am not eliminating the windows
machines; but I know this should be able to work, and I just want to figure
it out.

Any suggestions?

Michael Gizzi
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