Linux® For Dummies®, 8th Edition

Step 10: Map a Network Printer

The last step is to go to a Microsoft Windows workstation or server and map to the shared printer on your Linux system. If you have a Windows XP Home Edition workstation, you can do this by following these steps:

1.	Select StartControl Panel.
2.	Select Printers and Other Hardware.
3.	Select Add a Printer. This starts the Add Printer Wizard. Click Next to continue to the next window.
4.	Select the A Network Printer, or a Printer Attached to Another Computer radio button and click Next.
5.	Select the Browse for a Printer radio button. If you know the printer and print server name, you can also manually enter it by using the format \\servername\printername.
6.	The Shared Printers text box shows a list of detected print servers on the network. Double-click your Linux server name and select the shared printer you want to map to. The Linux print server uses the same name as the hostname of the Linux system. After selecting the desired shared printer, click Next. A couple of Windows warning boxes appear warning you about the dangers of using network printers, but hey, this is your own network printer, so don’t worry about the warnings.
7.	Select the appropriate printer driver from the manufacturer and model lists. Click OK when finished.