oh..for the printer , if u runing redhat/fedora try the printtool command,and click on "New", u will get a set up wizard, for suse , use the yast2 command.
have to install samba on you Linux computer.samba is a software that allows you to connect a Linux computer to a Windows using NetBIOS to share folders and drives between both OS.almost every Linux distribution comes with samba, but if you don't have it, download from: http://www.samba.org/.
once u installed it , u can connect to your windows box using this command smbclient -L \\COMPUTER -I 198.168.x.x <---- windows ip by this u will be able to see the shared folders in the win box.
