[lubuntu-users] not easy connecting to printer via wifi

[Andre Campos Rodovalho]

I'm not shure if I understand you... Did you remove the Windows PC that was
before sharing the printer? (I mean, the OS that was sharing it...)



2016-08-24 6:34 GMT-03:00 Marlon Ng <guikaye at gmail.com>:

> Hi guys. Desktop computer #1 is running Lubuntu 16.04.1
>
> Desktop computer #2 is running Windows 7.  Epson L210 printer is connected
> to this computer via cable.
>
> When desktop computer #1 was running Lubuntu 14.04, all I had to do was go
> to:
>
> System Tools -> Printers -> Click Add button
>
> and it would show the shared printer that is connected to the Windows
> machine (desktop #2)
>
> I may be wrong but that's what I remembered about it. Anyway, even if I
> click:
>
> Network Printer -> Find Network Printer
>
> and type in the IP address of the Windows machine, it would say:
>
> "No printer was found at that address".
>
> But I select "Windows Printer via Samba" and type in something like this:
>
> smb://192.XXX.X.XXX/EPSON%20L210%20Series
>
> then I would be able to connect to it and print over wifi.
>
> Is this a bug?
>
>
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