Re: [cobalt-users] Sun Cobalt OS v6.4

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 12 March 2002 04:40 pm, you wrote:
> further to last email I have now got the printing working.  On a windows
> box you can not just add a network printer and expect it to be there I
> don't know why but what you do is do a network browse -
>
> log on to the qube when asked and you then get a printer icon to click on -
> click on the printer and you get asked if you want to set this up to use
> from windows confirm and then you get told that it doesn't have the correct
> drivers installed do you want to install them locally - do so and voila you
> get a printer in your printers folder that you can drag and drop print jobs
> to or print from an application.
>
> I take it from this experience that on a windows machine at least means
> that any usb printer is compatible with the Qube.
>
Do you know if (and how) it works form a Linux desktop?
we don't use windows!
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Gerald Waugh