Windows Printer Sharing

[Bryan Pizzuti]

It also might be helpful to know exactly what kind of printer you're sharing
also.  And are you able to ping or traceroute to the Windows box's IP
address as well?     

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Andy
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:58 PM
To: Ubuntu users list
Subject: Re: Windows Printer Sharing

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

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