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date: "2004-08-13T02:53:37Z"
title: Printing to a Windows Printer in Linux
---

<p>
I've been printing on Alonzo's machine a lot lately, and I finally decided to just go through the hassle of setting up printing in <a href='http://www.linux.com/'>Linux</a> again (it's been <em>years</em>).  Well, things have gotten a bit easier since the last time I tried; <a href='http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html#basicprconfig'>this page</a> makes it dirt simple.
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<p>
I also set up <a href='http://xprint.mozdev.org/'>Xprint</a> and
<code>mp</code> so I can print from <a
href='http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/'>Firefox</a> and <a
href='http://www.mutt.org/'>Mutt</a>, respectively.  Oh, <a
href='http://www.debian.org/'>Debian</a> users, be sure to install
<code>xprt-xprintorg</code>, <em>not</em> <code>xprt</code>, as the
latter is horribly broken.
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