Windows Printer Sharing

[Andy]

Calvin Park wrote:
> I've updated to the latest Samba
> and all that. I setup a printer that was shared on another Windows
> machine here in the office. After going through the setup I right
> clicked on the printer and selected properties. Under status it says,
> "Ready: Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60
> seconds...foomatic-rip version $Revision: 3.43.2.5 $ running..."

Someone else may recognise these symptoms straight off, in which case 
they may be able to give more immediate help. In case they don't though, 
perhaps you could give a little more detail? If I understand correctly, 
you have a printer on a Windows box and you're trying to use it from 
Ubuntu. Is this correct?

If so, can you tell us which version of Windows (exactly!) - it can make 
a difference - for example Windows XP home and Pro have some differences 
in file and printer sharing.

Also - what credentials did you use (username, password etc.) if any 
when you set up the printer on Ubuntu?

Also - have you tried sharing a folder on the Windows box and accessing 
it froim Ubuntu? If so, did this work? May give us some clues as to the 
level at which the problem lies.

Cheers

Andy B