Sharing a Linux printer on a Windows network

Alex Janssen alex at ourwoods.org
Tue May 30 06:04:21 UTC 2006


thephotoman said the following on 05/30/2006 01:49 AM:
> I'm currently trying to share a printer connected to my Ubuntu box 
> with the Windows network in the rest of the house.  Unfortunately, 
> after searching the forums and Googling my brain out, I've not found 
> any means of getting the Windows machine to even recognize the 
> existence of the Ubuntu box--or its printer.
>
> So, I come looking for a guide to tell me exactly what I need to do to 
> share a printer on my Linux box with the Windows boxen throughout the 
> house--or at the very least, connect to the Windows network.
>
>
Do you have Samba setup and working?  That is how you share with M$ Windows.

Alex

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