[xubuntu-users] Printer query

[Peter Flynn]

On 05/17/2013 05:28 PM, Neil Winchurst wrote:
[...]
> I have been using the HP Photosmart 5520 printer for some time now. It
> works as expected from the attached desktop computer. Duplex works for
> me when I want it, scanning is fine and normal printing is also fine.
> 
> I have set up printer sharing in CUPS. In the laptop I have also set up
> printer sharing. When I try to print something from the laptop it all
> seems to go OK. It finds the right printer in the right place and I
> click on OK to print.
> 
> Nothing happens. When, in the laptop I check the printer queue, the file
> is there with a line saying 'Connecting to printer'. There is also a
> message window telling me 'Printer Photosmart 5520 may not be
> connected'. And that is where it stays.

Check the /etc/smb.conf to make sure the printer really is sharing out.

///Peter