-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
Of Bengt-Arne Fjellner
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 2:33 AM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: print from xfig
Steven Woody skrev:
> thank you. but the FAQ only explained how to print if one know the
> printer's network share name. i think my problem firstly is find out
> the printer name, that is not explained in the FAQ. does anyone get
> know how to know a printer's share name if the printer is shared via
> Windows's domain? i am sorry for such a question, but the printer is
> automatically installed on my computer, might via a network startup
> script, so i lose the chance to get know the details. the only thing i
> can do now is to play with the printer's properties dialog.
>
Presuming you have access to the shared printer through the windows
control panel, the standard naming convention displayed in the control
panel looks something like <printername> on <servername>. So, all you'd
need to do is
lpr -P//<servername>/<printername> yourfile
and with luck you'd have output.