Hi Joe, The workgroup for the Win 7 machine and the printer sharing machine should probably be the same. That could make it harder for the Windows machine to see the other one. I assume all addresses are assigned by DHCP? That is, they're all on the same subnet?
Cheers, Vern On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Joseph Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I'm back here again, and this time I brought my Ubuntu netbook (don't > ask me why I neglected to bring it the first time!) and a borrowed Mac. > Both were printing within a few seconds, but I still can't print from > Windows 7. I've tried "Browse for a printer." The Windows 7 laptop sees > only itself. I've tried "Select a shared printer by name" and "Add a > Printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname." Both methods fail to discover > the Ubuntu box and attached printer. > Instead, I get this message: > * > Additional port information required > > The device is not found on the network. Be sure that: > > 1. The network device is turned on. > 2. The network is connected. > 3. The device is properly configured. > 4. The address on the previous page is correct. > > If you think the address is not correct, click Back to return to the > previous page. Then correct the address and perform another search on the > network. If you are sure the address is correct, select the device type > below. > > Device type > [Radio button] Standard [Drop down Menu: Generic card, followed by a host > of other options] > [Radio button] Custom > > *Well, we can checkmark 1-4. The address is correct. That's what I told > Ubuntu and Mac and they found the printer no problem. The dropdown menu has > lots of options, mostly, it seems, for standalone printers with their own > network cards, which is not what I'm doing here. Should I be using "Custom?" > * *I tried using the dropdown menu and selecting an option that went > something like "Network card and parallel port," since the host computer is > connected via a network card, and the printer is attached to it by a > parallel port, but that didn't work. > > Am I going about adding the printer in Windows the wrong way? Are there > any tweaks I can do to the Samba configuration? The only thing I can think > of is that perhaps I should edit the smb.conf to say "Homegroup" instead of > "Workgroup." Might that help? > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Send Fwlug mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Fwlug digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Windows won't print to an Ubuntu printer (Kevin) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:39:54 -0500 >> From: Kevin <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [fwlug] Windows won't print to an Ubuntu printer >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain >> >> I have a slackware server sharing a printer to windows xp, windows 7, >> and Debian via SAMBA and CUPS. I didnt have to do anything special for >> the 7 computer, just set up the printer. I would be happy to share my >> SAMBA config or what ever you need. >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 12:00 -0600, [email protected] wrote: >> > Send Fwlug mailing list submissions to >> > [email protected] >> > >> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> > [email protected] >> > >> > You can reach the person managing the list at >> > [email protected] >> > >> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> > than "Re: Contents of Fwlug digest..." >> > >> > >> > Today's Topics: >> > >> > 1. Windows won't print to an Ubuntu printer (Joseph Brennan) >> > 2. Re: Windows won't print to an Ubuntu printer (Jonathan Bartels) >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Message: 1 >> > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:49:16 -0500 >> > From: Joseph Brennan <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: [fwlug] Windows won't print to an Ubuntu printer >> > Message-ID: >> > >> > <[email protected]<aanlktimqa%[email protected]> >> > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> > >> > Is anyone surprised? Is there a workaround? >> > >> > I have converted a friend's old virus-laden computer into an Ubuntu >> 10.10 >> > Desktop workstation. She has a new Windows 7 laptop and I told her that >> she >> > could just sit on the couch and print documents to a printer attached to >> the >> > Ubuntu machine and retrieve them later or have a family member do it >> (she is >> > developing MS and having mobility issues). I told her that because it >> took >> > me less than ten seconds apiece to set up remote printing to >> Ubuntu-attached >> > printers for my netbook (running Ubuntu) and my Mom's laptop (running >> Mac OS >> > X). This, on the other hand, has been a nightmare. I installed SAMBA, >> and >> > when things wouldn't work I followed advice gleaned from Internet fora >> such >> > as modifying the smb.conf file, changing some registry keys on the >> Windows >> > machine, adding a password to the Windows account (she wasn't using one, >> > since she has problems typing them because tremors associated with the >> MS). >> > Nothing has worked. Most of the advice I have found online applies to >> > Windows XP, and the Windows 7-specific advice doesn't seem to work. >> Does >> > anyone have a successful Windows7 to Ubuntu network printing setup >> going, or >> > is this just doomed to failure? >> > -------------- next part -------------- >> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> > URL: < >> http://fortwaynelug.org/pipermail/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org/attachments/20110105/978001d9/attachment-0001.html >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > >> > Message: 2 >> > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:33:06 -0500 >> > From: Jonathan Bartels <[email protected]> >> > To: Fort Wayne Linux Users Group <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [fwlug] Windows won't print to an Ubuntu printer >> > Message-ID: >> > <[email protected]> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> > >> > I can't offer specific advice, but a few comments: >> > - In this day and age anything advising "registry tweaks" should be >> > avoided. Yes its Windows, but its matured to the point where registry >> > tweaks are rare >> > - Focus on making the desktop expose itself in a way friendly to >> > Windows. Far easier to maintain and tweak the Linux server and let the >> > laptop be a plain jane Win7 machine >> > - I have a Windows XP box printing to a printer on a Mac shared using >> > IPP. Should work in Linux just as well. Choose a common print protocol >> > SAMBA, IPP, etc. and expose that >> > >> > Is it failing in any sort of specific way? Any logs? >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Joseph Brennan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > Is anyone surprised?? Is there a workaround? >> > > >> > > I have converted a friend's old virus-laden computer into an Ubuntu >> 10.10 >> > > Desktop workstation.? She has a new Windows 7 laptop and I told her >> that she >> > > could just sit on the couch and print documents to a printer attached >> to the >> > > Ubuntu machine and retrieve them later or have a family member do it >> (she is >> > > developing MS and having mobility issues).? I told her that because it >> took >> > > me less than ten seconds apiece to set up remote printing to >> Ubuntu-attached >> > > printers for my netbook (running Ubuntu) and my Mom's laptop (running >> Mac OS >> > > X).? This, on the other hand, has been a nightmare.? I installed >> SAMBA, and >> > > when things wouldn't work I followed advice gleaned from Internet fora >> such >> > > as modifying the smb.conf file, changing some registry keys on the >> Windows >> > > machine, adding a password to the Windows account (she wasn't using >> one, >> > > since she has problems typing them because tremors associated with the >> MS). >> > > Nothing has worked.? Most of the advice I have found online applies to >> > > Windows XP, and the Windows 7-specific advice doesn't seem to work.? >> Does >> > > anyone have a successful Windows7 to Ubuntu network printing setup >> going, or >> > > is this just doomed to failure? >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Fwlug mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> > > >> > > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep >> this >> > > in mind before posting. >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. 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