network printing [solved]

[Tim M]

On Nov 12, 2007 8:43 PM, Alex Janssen <alex at ourwoods.org> wrote:
> Tim M said the following on 11/12/2007 07:30 PM:
>
> > On 11/12/07, Tim M <southern.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Nov 12, 2007 7:05 AM, John DeCarlo <johndecarlo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Nov 11, 2007 9:03 PM, Tim M <southern.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I would agree except when I select Change Device URI (hmm should that
> >>>> be URL?) I select SMB Printer . . . I can browse for it and Verify =
> >>>> Verified This printer is accessible.
> >>>> At that point I click apply but in the Printer Configuration -
> >>>> localhost the Apply button is still grayed out. I checked the
> >>>> permission (print sharing) on the XP box . . . its okay. Strange . . .
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Are you sure you are in Administrator mode?  I have found that sometimes
> >>>
> >> the
> >>
> >>> window that opens doesn't show the Administrator button - you have to make
> >>> the window larger to see it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own
> >>>
> >> John,
> >>
> >> I ran sudo system-config-printer but still it is a no go. I have seen
> >> Administrator button on Kubuntu but not in Ubuntu.
> >>
> >> Tim
> >>
> >
> > Got it working! Thanks for the help.
> >
> >
> How did you get it working.  Your solution may be useful to others.
>

The grayed out Apply button never freed up but I was able to print
from this laptop to the desktop running XP. Actually I would like to
get it to work on the desktop when running Ubuntu but the desktop is
networked to a server and I cannot figure out how to get it to work.
At least I CAN get it working through XP and SMB.

Tim