lexmark x4550 wireless printer

Eric

I've got the lexmark x4550 wireless printer on my local nextwork, it works
fine from my wife's windows machine. how do i connect to it from mandriva
2006? my linux box is o the wired portion of my nextwork, the printer is on
the same subnet but connected wirelessly.
Thanks
Eric

Eric

Eric wrote:

> I've got the lexmark x4550 wireless printer on my local nextwork, it works
> fine from my wife's windows machine. how do i connect to it from mandriva
> 2006? my linux box is o the wired portion of my nextwork, the printer is
> on the same subnet but connected wirelessly.
> Thanks
> Eric
I should add 2 things: i know the ip of the printer, i can open a web page
served by the printer from my linux box ok by going to
(the printers IP)
Eric

Eric

Eric wrote:

> I've got the lexmark x4550 wireless printer on my local nextwork, it works
> fine from my wife's windows machine. how do i connect to it from mandriva
> 2006? my linux box is o the wired portion of my nextwork, the printer is
> on the same subnet but connected wirelessly.
> Thanks
> Eric
I should add 2 things: i know the ip of the printer, i can open a web page
served by the printer from my linux box ok by going to
(the printers IP)
Eric

Doug Laidlaw

Eric wrote:

> Eric wrote:
>
>> I've got the lexmark x4550 wireless printer on my local nextwork, it
>> works fine from my wife's windows machine. how do i connect to it from
>> mandriva 2006? my linux box is o the wired portion of my nextwork, the
>> printer is on the same subnet but connected wirelessly.
>> Thanks
>> Eric
> I should add 2 things: i know the ip of the printer, i can open a web page
> served by the printer from my linux box ok by going to
> (the printers IP)
> Eric

Connected wirelessly to which computer? Where are the drivers? I have the
reverse situation: a USB printer wired to my Linux box, and my wife's XP
connected to my box by wireless. I set it up with Samba. I created a
printer under Samba, that my wife can see through the network. If you
can't drive the printer directly from your Linux box, you will need to do
much the same: link to your wife's box under Samba, and access her printer
there. Check the Samba documentation and HOWTOS.

HTH,

Doug.

ArameFarpado

Em Sábado, 17 de Novembro de 2007 18:59, Eric escreveu:

> Eric wrote:
>
>> I've got the lexmark x4550 wireless printer on my local nextwork, it
>> works fine from my wife's windows machine. how do i connect to it from
>> mandriva 2006? my linux box is o the wired portion of my nextwork, the
>> printer is on the same subnet but connected wirelessly.
>> Thanks
>> Eric
> I should add 2 things: i know the ip of the printer, i can open a web page
> served by the printer from my linux box ok by going to
> (the printers IP)
> Eric

you have a network printer, 1st you need to have a wireless card on your
linux box, or put the windows box sharing the printer... and for every
network connection between windows-linux you must use samba all the time.

ArameFarpado

Em Domingo, 18 de Novembro de 2007 17:14, Eric escreveu:

> just see it as a networked printer. The printer is wireless connected to
> the networks router. My linux box is connected via wire to that same
> router. So, i dont need the wireless on my linux box, to me it should just
> be a network printer right?
> Thanks
> Eric

Correct!!

Eric

ArameFarpado wrote:

> Em Domingo, 18 de Novembro de 2007 17:14, Eric escreveu:
>
>> just see it as a networked printer. The printer is wireless connected to
>> the networks router. My linux box is connected via wire to that same
>> router. So, i dont need the wireless on my linux box, to me it should
>> just be a network printer right?
>> Thanks
>> Eric
>
> Correct!!

how do i go about adding this printer under linux?

Highland Ham

> or go directly to de main man "cups", just open this url
> http://localhost:631/printers
> with a web-browser...
>
> don't forget to set that it is a network printer and not local, or you will
> no be able to do anything good.

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Arame , I wasn't aware of the above , tnx very much ,very useful

Frank in northern Scotland

ArameFarpado

Em Domingo, 18 de Novembro de 2007 17:14, Eric escreveu:

> just see it as a networked printer. The printer is wireless connected to
> the networks router. My linux box is connected via wire to that same
> router. So, i dont need the wireless on my linux box, to me it should just
> be a network printer right?
> Thanks
> Eric

Correct!!

Eric

ArameFarpado wrote:

> Em Domingo, 18 de Novembro de 2007 17:14, Eric escreveu:
>
>> just see it as a networked printer. The printer is wireless connected to
>> the networks router. My linux box is connected via wire to that same
>> router. So, i dont need the wireless on my linux box, to me it should
>> just be a network printer right?
>> Thanks
>> Eric
>
> Correct!!

how do i go about adding this printer under linux?