On 02/14/2011 07:42 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: > Well, just last night I gave up on the same scenario. I had a HP > printer (D1530) hooked up to my Ubuntu machine, and: > > 1. The Mac users in our household were never able to gain access to > it. I tried everything. (I'm sure I still missed something.) > > 2. The Ubuntu driver for the printer was faulty. It always said I was > low on ink, even right after replacing the cartridges. Also, I tried > to print some color documents. From "U' the colors were wrong. I > switched it over to a Winders Fister machine, and it came out perfect. > > Ken > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Jeff Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: >> I have an HP printer attached to Ubuntu. I want to share it with >> Windohs and I am having a hard time doing it. Is it easier to share a >> Windohs printer with Ubuntu or an Ubuntu printer with Windohs? USP by >> the way. >> >> TIA >> >> -- >> Jeff >> >> --------------- >> >> Jeff Johnson >> [email protected] >> (623) 582-0323 >> >> www.san-dc.com >> >> Ken: My experience is exactly opposite to yours. My HP 4200 would not work with Windows. I got in an endless loop of trying to upgrade and I was never able to get the scanner to work. I hooked it directly to Ubuntu and everything worked perfectly from the get go. We print to it from our Mac too. This post was regarding printing to the Ubuntu attached printer from Windows which works perfectly now.
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