printing to a Mac from Windows 98 does not work

[robertb]

I have been unsuccessful in trying to print to a printer connected on a Mac. (The printer works fine on the Mac itself.) I'm trying to print from a Windows 98 machine. The Windows machine doesn't list the printer in the Network Neighborhood but I am able to successfully connect to one of the user home directories. I think the Windows 98 isn't the problem because when I try smbclient on my Linux machine, it doesn't know about the printer either. Here's the output of "smbclient -NL mini":

added interface ip=192.168.2.3 bcast=192.168.2.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.10]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (mini)
ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (mini)

Server Comment
--------- -------
MINI mini
DEBIAN debian server (Samba 2.2.3a-15 for Debian)

Workgroup Master
--------- -------
WORKGROUP DEBIAN

The printer is the only one listed in /etc/printcap. The relevant /etc/smb.conf section is thus:

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /tmp
browseable = no
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
level2 oplocks = no

I've tried "sudo killall -HUP smbd" several times to no avail, and even tried killing the process and restarting it.

I'm running OSX 10.4 (Tiger?).

Any ideas how I might fix this?

[MisterMe]

You can print from MacOS X. You can print from Linux. However, you are trying to print from Windows 98. You need a network Windows 98 print driver which will handle your printer. Do you have it? Also, IIRC, Windows 98 doesn't do IP-printing out of the box. You need to download an LPR print daemon.

[robertb]

This printer was previously connected to another Linux machine and I printed fine from Windows 98 to the Samba share running on the Linux machine. (My point in connecting the printer to the Mac was to try to get away from my dependency upon my old Linux machines.) So, yes, there are drivers for this HP LaserJet 4L.

Re: IP printing. When running Samba on my Linux box, I never needed IP-printing. I'd prefer to do it all via SMB protocol.

Isn't Mac OSX capable of doing this? Perhaps the Samba running on Mac OSX is not a complete implementation?

[MisterMe]

Have you followed the instructions given in the MacOS X Help file for sharing printers with Windows users?

[fryke]

But you _can_ print to the Laserjet 4L from the Mac?

[MisterMe]

He said that he can print from the Mac in his original post.

[nixgeek]

Have you enabled Windows Sharing on the Mac? Head over to System Preferences and then open up the Sharing pane. In there, make sure that Windows sharing is enabled.

[robertb]

Originally Posted by MisterMe

Have you followed the instructions given in the MacOS X Help file for sharing printers with Windows users?

That was exactly what I did, in addition to what I found on http://members.cox.net/18james/osx_printer_sharing.html for Samba sharing.