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How to share Linux printers with windows
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How to share Linux printers with windows
This is pretty much a note to myself in case I have to do this again...
1. Get the printer hooked up in Linux, make sure it works 2. Download Samba 3. I'm not sure how much configuring is necessary, but I think you copy/paste this and enter the names of your workgroup and Linux computer into /etc/samba/smb.conf Code:
[global] workgroup = WORKGROUPNAME server string = COMPUTERDESCRIPTION security = share [Shared] path = /home/USERNAME/FOLDER available = yes browsable = yes public = yes writable = yes guest ok = yes create mask = 0777 directory mask = 0777 5. Turn on the windows computer (which is on the same workgroup) 6. Open a browser and go to http://<IP of Linux computer>:631 7. Go to Printers 8. Click the printer you want to add 9. The address in the browser URL bar should be something along the lines of http://<IP of linux computer>:631/printers/<name of printer> 10. Copy that 11. Go to Add a printer in windows. Of course choose add network printer... 12. Don't browse, don't select server (or whatever the 2nd option is, assuming we're working in XP here); use the 3rd option and paste that in there. It should be obvious. 13 Hit next, choose the driver, and be on your merry way.
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This is actually a pretty nice guide, I'm sure someone will find it useful
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I asked this question of the Ubuntu forum myself a month or 2 ago, I'll see if I can dig out a link as the procedure that worked for me wasn't the same as what you've got here
Edit: Here it is
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