[NBLUG/talk] Sharing my Ubuntu HP printer on my home office network

[Christopher Wagner]

Actually, I just looked, Ubuntu does not share printers by default 
(probably a good thing).

System -> Administration -> Printing
Pick the "Global Settings" menu and "Share Printers".
After that follow Bob's instructions for adding an Internet printer in 
Windows.
(ie: http://<ipaddress>:631/printers/<queuename>)

That should do the trick.
This way, you're avoiding Windows networking altogether (which is adding 
an unnecessary layer of complication).

Hope that helps!

- Chris

Bob Blick wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I didn't use Samba to share the printer. It's probably shared
> automatically as an internet printer since you installed it using the
> Ubuntu tool.
>
> From Windows, do "add printer", then "a network printer", then choose
> the option that includes "URL", and enter something like this:
> http://192.168.1.44:631/printers/i960
>
> Substitute the correct IP address of your server, make sure you include
> the "631" which is the CUPS port, and substitute whatever name you gave
> the printer, I hope you didn't put spaces in the name although I'm sure
> there's a way to handle it.
>
> I forget what other steps there are, but you probably won't need to
> practice any more Linux spells or mix any more Windows potions since by
> default I think it can be accessed anonymously.
>
> Cheerful regards,
>
> Bob
>
> Steve Bursch wrote:
>   
>> I just installed my new HP Deskjet D1341 printer on my Ubuntu machine.  It works fine.   Prints great.
>>
>> Now I want to share the printer with other Windows machines located on the same LAN.  The entire network is a Windows workgroup (not a domain) and the name of the workgroup is WORKGROUP.  In the Ubuntu printers dialog, I indicated I wanted to share the printer.  In the SAMBA configuration file, smb.conf, I have the following lines:
>>
>> [printers]
>>     comment = All Printers
>>     printing = cups
>>     printcap name = cups
>>     browseable = yes
>>     printable = yes
>>     public = yes
>>     writeable = yes
>>     create mode = 0700
>>     path = /tmp
>>
>> On my Windows XP Pro machines, in the Add a Printer dialog, I can see the name of the Ubuntu machine, but the printer is not listed.  When I manually attempt to fill in the name of the printer as it is known on the Ubuntu machine, and after entering a userid and password, an error dialog box appears stating that Windows cannot connect to the printer.
>>
>> I figure I've got some setting wrong in SAMBA somewhere, but I'm unable to figure it out.
>>
>> Anybody got any ideas?
>>     
>
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