[xubuntu-users] Printer query

[Ralf ranfyy]

2013/5/19 Neil Winchurst <neilwin at drofle.co.uk>

> On 18/05/13 20:34, Peter Flynn wrote:
>
>> I was under the impression that SMB (samba) was what CUPS used to share
>> printers (if by "share" you mean "share like a windows printer share",
>> where the existence of the printer gets broadcast to the local network.)
>>  However, (a) I may just be wrong, and (b) the fact that your laptops
>> seemed to find or at least know about the printer would indicate that SMB
>> may not be needed for whatever method of sharing you are using. I've never
>> used CUPS without smbd, so I may have a skewed view of things. But I do
>> remember some years ago being surprised that smb was not installed with
>> CUPS when it seemed to need it to function.
>>
>> ///Peter
>>
>>  I have never thought this. I have always thought that Samba was used for
> sharing with a Windows machine. Since I have not had anything to do with
> Windows since 1998 I have never bothered with samba. As far as I know it
> has never been installed on any of my (Linux) computers. Unless of course
> it is installed automatically at original installation.
>

As I understand it you can use both (IPP, Samba):
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu#Troubleshooting
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