[Bug 368273] Re: Jaunty 9.04 Blind to XP's Shared Network Printer

[the motorman]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 329974 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329974

I don't even have the printing selection anymore!! And I never had the
windows printer via Samba.. I am going to reload 9.04 completely and wait..
I have spent much too much time on this already. Ubuntu is great for
everything it does but for even a moderate techy like me the command window
functions have too many pitfalls.
ron

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:29 PM, twrock <taiwan_rock at yahoo.com> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 329974 ***
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329974
>
> I was successful with this workaround. Hopefully it will work for others
> and it will be something even a newbie can do without having to figure
> out what their "Windows IP" is. So until there is a fix, ....
>
> Click Main Menu>System>Administration>Printing
> Click New>Network Printer>Windows Printer via SAMBA
> Hit the "Browse" button. "SMB Browser" box pops up. Note the names under
> the headings labeled Share and Comment. (So in my case, under "Share" was
> MSHOME and under "Comment" was DESKTOP1.)
> Cancel out of the "SMB Browser" window. Click in the entry box beside
> smb:// and enter those name in this form: ShareName/CommentName/
> Click "Browse" again. This time the list should be populated in the "SMB
> Browser" popup box (after a short wait) with the names of your shared
> printers. Choose the one you want and proceed with the installation.
>
> --
> Jaunty 9.04 Blind to XP's Shared Network Printer
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368273
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>
> Status in “samba” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in “system-config-printer” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: smbclient
>
> I am using Ubuntu Jaunty 9.10 e/w all current updates.
> smbclient: Installed: 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3
>
> First let me state that the Windows Networked/Shared printer can be
> utilized just fine by two other Linux computers on mine - (1) a Dell 910
> Netbook running Ubuntu 8.04 and another computer running Xubuntu 8.10. I
> print just fine from these machines, but NOT Jaunty 9.04.
>
> There are a number of posts in GENERAL regarding Jaunty having various
> problems with Networked Printers, but none quite like my problem. I feel
> that this is actually a networking/SAMBA issue, so that is why I posted it
> here.
>
> When I try to add a printer attached to and shared on my Windows XP box
> with System->Administration->Printing, New->Network Printer->Windows Printer
> via SAMBA, Browse - I get right up to where clicking the little gray
> diamonds should reveal a networked printer and Poof the dialog crashes and
> is gone.
>
> Note: Squirrel is the hostname of my Windows XP box.
>
> If I browse Places->Network->Windows Network->MSHOME->SQUIRREL, the Windows
> shares are seen but without a printer. Instead there is a networked folder
> named Print$ which I suspect is the printer being incorrectly recognized. I
> have attached an image of what I see in the browse network window to my XP
> machine.
>


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