Saturday, March 12, 2011

Share ubuntu printer with Windows 7

If you use Ubuntu and you can't manage to share your printer with a Windows pc, you can try these steps:

  • remove comments (# character at the beginning of the line) of the following lines in smb.conf (sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf):
    • load printers = yes
    • printing = cups
    • printcap name = cups
  • in the same file add the following line above [printers]:
    • use client driver = yes
Good luck! ;)

You can find useful informations about your printer at http://localhost:631/printers/

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