Printer sharing

[Gary]

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?
> ...
> 
> 
Hang on, I tried using the main password, used to login to windows.
Sees the printer.  Be back in a bit.