Hi All,
I'm trying to set-up my new PB so it can print to an Epson CX3200 that's attached to my main WinXP Pro machine.
I found the info on the super-secret ALT-Add in the Printer List to get the "Windows Printer via SAMBA" option (which makes me ask 1) WTH is that a hidden option and 2) WTH can't I EDIT a printer entry made this way instead of deleting/re-adding it???)
Anyway, I can get the PB to print to the Epson just fine if I use:
smb://mike: password@workgroup/horus/cx3200
(no space after the : above - just did that to keep it from showing-up as smiley)
That works great.
However, I'm NOT thrilled with having to have my password visible in some ASCII cups conf file. So, I figured I'd enable the Guest account on my XP machine and things would work. Wrong...
I have tried:
smb://workgroup/horus/cx3200
smb://guest@workgroup/horus/cx3200
smb://guestworkgroup/horus/cx3200
and none of them work. The Guest account should not have a password (I think), so how am I supposed to enter the smb line so I don't keep getting the NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED or NT_STATUS_LOGON_TYPE_NOT_GRANTED (after a long timeout) on the PB?
Have any of you tackled this yet and have some advice?
I'm really surprised that this is not easier to do - there's no way the "average" Mac user would figure all this stuff out. Surely, what I"m trying to do is NOT that atypical...
Thanks,
Mike
I'm trying to set-up my new PB so it can print to an Epson CX3200 that's attached to my main WinXP Pro machine.
I found the info on the super-secret ALT-Add in the Printer List to get the "Windows Printer via SAMBA" option (which makes me ask 1) WTH is that a hidden option and 2) WTH can't I EDIT a printer entry made this way instead of deleting/re-adding it???)
Anyway, I can get the PB to print to the Epson just fine if I use:
smb://mike: password@workgroup/horus/cx3200
(no space after the : above - just did that to keep it from showing-up as smiley)
That works great.
However, I'm NOT thrilled with having to have my password visible in some ASCII cups conf file. So, I figured I'd enable the Guest account on my XP machine and things would work. Wrong...
I have tried:
smb://workgroup/horus/cx3200
smb://guest@workgroup/horus/cx3200
smb://guestworkgroup/horus/cx3200
and none of them work. The Guest account should not have a password (I think), so how am I supposed to enter the smb line so I don't keep getting the NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED or NT_STATUS_LOGON_TYPE_NOT_GRANTED (after a long timeout) on the PB?
Have any of you tackled this yet and have some advice?
I'm really surprised that this is not easier to do - there's no way the "average" Mac user would figure all this stuff out. Surely, what I"m trying to do is NOT that atypical...
Thanks,
Mike