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Connecting to printer on a Windows 7 machine

Asked by Kristopher Arens

I am trying to print using my wireless network. I am really quite new to Ubuntu, and have Ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop, and would like to print using the printer that is connected to my WIndows 7 machine. How do I go about this

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#1

You have to use Samba.

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Kristopher Arens (kristopher-arens) said : 		#2

That worked. Now I'm downloading the drivers from the Dell website. Should I download the drivers for Red Hat Linux 8.0, Red Hat Linux 9.0, or SuSE Linux ES 9?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

please tell the brand and model of the printer...

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Kristopher Arens (kristopher-arens) said : 		#4

I downloaded the SuSE drivers, and pointed to them in the printer driver dialog box.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

Please tell the brand and model of printer to help other reading users...