[plug] Suse network printer issue...

[Fred Janon]

Thanks Cameron, it worked! I used a file browser, checked that I could
see the networked Winds PCs and then printed a test page after a couple
of changes. I think the Suse firewall was preventing me to see the
printer and then I had a privilege access on Windz.

Thanks

Fred

--- Cameron Patrick <cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au> wrote:

> Fred Janon wrote:
> 
> > I just installed Novell Suse and I am trying to access a printer 
> > connected to a Windows machine and networked. I know the printer is
> on
> > the network because I can print from other Winds machines on the
> > network. Suse shows an error message: "Paused: Unable to connect to
> > CIFS host after (tried 3 times)". I checked the printer settings
> and
> > they seem right to me: Windows Printer (SMB) and the host name and
> > printer name. How can I make sure that the Host and printer name
> are
> > correct? Is there a tool in Suse that I can use to check what's on
> the
> > network?
> 
> There's a couple of options:
> 
>  - the GNOME and KDE file managers will browse SMB networks.  If
> there
>    isn't an option shouting out "network browsing" (or that option
>    doesn't work), you can try punching in "smb:/" as a URL.  This
> will
>    give you machine names, but probably not printer share names.
> 
>  - on the command line
>         smbclient -L <machine name>
>    will list shares on that machine including printers.  You can then
>    connect with something like
>         smbclient //machine/share
>    (and IIRC this works with printers too - once you're connected you
>    can even submit print jobs if you've got something in the
> appropriate
>    format, which you probably don't)
> 
> Cameron
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