This is a very common problem. It has to do with Vista and the way it handles networking with security and changing standards. I can't resolve it for you as I have little Vista experience. Here is some reading: http://blog.redinnovation.com/2007/08/20/printing-to-windows-vista-printer-from-linux/ http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/viewblogpost.htm?p=339270746
I hope they help. I use a print server. It is connected to the router just as a computer would and the printer attaches to the print server via usb. It cost me under $30 and it includes wireless, usb and ethernet connectivity. I assigned a static IP address to it (192.168.2.15, for example) and then when setting up the printer from any OS I choose network printer and point the OS to the static IP. It detects and connects. It is simple and it works perfectly. The advantage is that it can print even when the other computers are off or re-booting. In your setup, if someone re-boots Vista while you are printing it won't print. Just something to consider. Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! ----- Original Message ---- From: Jimmy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2008 11:11:27 AM Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Problem sharing printer over our network. I posted this message to the Ubuntu forums about three days ago. We have two computers on our network. The one the printer is hooked up to runs Windows Vista home edition. My computer which I'd like to be able to print to it from runs Ubuntu 8.04 with Gnome as the default desktop. I've installed samba, samba-common, and smbfs. I configured the printer and made sure the Vista pc was enabled to share the printer and files. I'm running into problems however when I try to print test pages with the printer configuration. The printer receives these jobs, I know this cause they show up in its job list and are the only jobs being sent while trying to get everything setup. They say spooling in the list, but never print. The printer physically tries to print them, but doesn't. I ran the printing troubleshooter and opened the cups error log both of which I've pasted into this pastebin http://rafb. net/p/r113tc58. html . The printing troubleshooter output is the first part and the error log is at the bottom. I'm very new to Ubuntu and Linux in general. I'm really not great with the technical stuff so I'm in need of a hand with this. If anyone can help please message me over Yahoo! messenger. I'm on right now and will be all day. My user name is sword_of_truth133 . If you use another service MSN, AOL, etc I can get one of those IDs as well. I just really need some one on one help with this. Your help will be greatly apprectiated. __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
