Printer sharing
Gary
pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com
Thu Aug 11 07:27:25 UTC 2011
On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 18:50 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/09/2011 06:44 AM, G. wrote:
> > I am trying to share a Canon MP 250 attached to a windows 7 computer.
> > I have tried ipp as well as Samba. It appears the problem is W7 does
> > not recognize the password. I can share files back and forth just
> > fine.
> >
> > In ipp I entered 192.168.0.8:631 in host and printers/Canon (the name
> > I gave the printer on the W7 machine).
>
> What version of Win7? Win7 Home Premium does not support IPP and you
> need to use http instead.
>
> >
> > In Samba WORKGROUP/192.168.0.8:631/Canon. I have tried using
> > HomeGroup which is the W7 configuation. I have tried dropping the
> > :631.
> >
> > In each instance when it asks for a user name and password, I am told
> > the password may be incorrect.
>
> Is the Win7 printer marked as shared? When you try to login are you
> using the Win7 username + password?
> ...
>
>
This is Windows Starter! You helped me printing to Ubuntu from Vista
and I looked through those instructions and a bunch of them online
without success.
The W7 printer is marked as shared. Using the W7 user name and
password. I can share files and I assume it is the same user name and
password.
thanks
gary
I am 9 hours ahead of you, maybe 8.
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