Foxy wrote: > Jelle de Jong wrote: >> Foxy wrote: >>> Due to some crash of my laptop I decide to ditch Dapper and switch to >>> Feisty. This is the first time I decided to install Xubuntu. Before I >>> usually used Ubuntu with XFCE. >>> >>> The installation was fine but I ran into trouble trying to add Windows >>> samba printer. I used Settings/Printing. The programme properly >>> identified my shared printer by clicking on it did not add the printer's >>> address in the upper window (smb:// ...). >>> >>> I tried to do it manually by enabling localhost:631 and using cups >>> interface, but still I cannot do it. I think I have the address wrong >>> for some reason. I tried to run smbtree: >>>> ~$ smbtree >>>> Password: >>>> WORKGROUP >>>> \\NECAPTOP necaptop server (Samba, Ubuntu) >>>> \\NECAPTOP\IPC$ IPC Service (necaptop >>>> server (Samba, Ubuntu)) >>>> \\NECAPTOP\etc_nec >>>> \\NECAPTOP\sveta >>>> \\NECAPTOP\sasha >>>> \\NECAPTOP\alex >>>> \\NECAPTOP\print$ Printer Drivers >>>> \\AC-PC Al's Uber PC >>>> \\AC-PC\diskl >>>> \\AC-PC\L$ Default share >>>> \\AC-PC\C$ Default share >>>> \\AC-PC\H$ Default share >>>> \\AC-PC\ADMIN$ Remote Admin >>>> \\AC-PC\dx3800 EPSON Stylus DX3800 Series >>>> \\AC-PC\diskd >>>> \\AC-PC\print$ Printer Drivers >>>> \\AC-PC\SharedDocs >>>> \\AC-PC\D$ Default share >>>> \\AC-PC\IPC$ Remote IPC >>>> \\AC-PC\diskh >>> So I put smb://WORKGROUP/AK-PC/dx3800, but CUPS shows >>>> "Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds..." >> Maybe the problem is somewhere else i don't know. But can you mount a >> smb share and use it normally. So we can be sure it is a printer issue? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Jelle >> > > Yes, I can do it without any problem...
Are you sure it is the correct address? I always use direct IP addresses! I have two Ethernet based printers HP and use this: socket://192.168.1.63/ socket://145.52.123.51:9100/ -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
