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installing network printer on windows network

Asked by Gerald Weber

I have Ubuntu installed on a new computer that has a HP photosmart 1115 ink jet printer installed. I want to use the printer on a wireless network. The Ubuntu computer prints on the printer and accesses the internet via wireless router. The two network computers access the internet but will not print on the printer. I'm out of ideas HELP! How can I set up the new computer to actually be part of the network?

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Richard Garvin (garvinrick4) said : 		#1

Install samba and share the printer in samba. I imagine you have a printer on a Windows
machine that you have shared so the windows workgroup sees it. With a Linux machine
you need to make shares in samba so as to be seen by other on a network and access.

sudo apt-get install samba

Package: samba
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: net
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 23.7 M
Depends: samba-common (= 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu1), libwbclient0 (=
         2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu1), libacl1 (>= 2.2.11-1), libattr1 (>= 2.4.41-1),
         libc6 (>= 2.8), libcap2 (>= 2.10), libcomerr2 (>= 1.01), libcups2 (>=
         1.4.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.8+dfsg), libk5crypto3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2),
         libkrb5-3 (>= 1.8+dfsg), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libpam0g (>=
         0.99.7.1), libpopt0 (>= 1.16), libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.4~git20101213),
         zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, upstart-job,
         libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-11), libpam-modules, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13),
         procps, update-inetd, adduser, samba-common-bin
Recommends: logrotate
Suggests: openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, smbldap-tools, ldb-tools, ufw
Conflicts: samba4 (< 4.0.0~alpha6-2)
Breaks: cups (= 1.4.4-4)
Replaces: samba-common (<= 2.0.5a-2)
Description: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
 Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing
 support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS
 X, and other Unix systems. Samba can also function as an NT4-style domain
 controller, and can integrate with both NT4 domains and Active Directory realms
 as a member server.

 This package provides the components necessary to use Samba as a stand-alone
 file and print server. For use in an NT4 domain or Active Directory realm, you
 will also need the winbind package.

 This package is not required for connecting to existing SMB/CIFS servers (see
 smbclient) or for mounting remote filesystems (see cifs-utils).
Homepage: http://www.samba.org

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