Comments on: How to add a Windows/Linux network printer in Ubuntu 9.10 http://heatware.net/linux-unix/add-install-windows-network-printer-ubuntu-linux/ Computer tips from A to Z: Windows, Unix, Programming, QA, and more! Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:56:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ken http://heatware.net/linux-unix/add-install-windows-network-printer-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Ken Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:23:09 +0000 http://heatware.net/?p=561#comment-627 A very well presented description. Lots of screen shots, which always makes for easy following. HOWEVER like so many tips on computers they fall over when what you see is not quite what was shown. In my case I have Windows network with a Brother HL-2040 on an XP m/c that can be seen from all the other Windows computers both XP and Vista. A printer connected to the Ubuntu m/c can be seen by all the Windows computers. File sharing works OK both ways. Connecting the Brother to the 9.10 loaded the software onto the Ubuntu with a mouse click. BUT in the SMB Browser when asked for a Driver there is no 2040. If a 2060 is selected and the install finished then when trying to print the printer endlessly "prints" blank pages. May be the 2040/2060 is not good enough. There is a 2040 Driver installed on the 9.10 m/c and it works locally so why does the list not pick up the 2040. Something is flaky. A very well presented description. Lots of screen shots, which always makes for easy following. HOWEVER like so many tips on computers they fall over when what you see is not quite what was shown.
In my case I have Windows network with a Brother HL-2040 on an XP m/c that can be seen from all the other Windows computers both XP and Vista.
A printer connected to the Ubuntu m/c can be seen by all the Windows computers. File sharing works OK both ways. Connecting the Brother to the 9.10 loaded the software onto the Ubuntu with a mouse click. BUT in the SMB Browser when asked for a Driver there is no 2040. If a 2060 is selected and the install finished then when trying to print the printer endlessly “prints” blank pages. May be the 2040/2060 is not good enough. There is a 2040 Driver installed on the 9.10 m/c and it works locally so why does the list not pick up the 2040. Something is flaky.

]]> By: stmp http://heatware.net/linux-unix/add-install-windows-network-printer-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-511 stmp Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:02:07 +0000 http://heatware.net/?p=561#comment-511 Iḿ a ubuntu virgin. Just saying that I had to first click: Printer Configuration/Server/Connect.../Connect before the Server>New>Printer button became available to me Iḿ a ubuntu virgin. Just saying that I had to first click:

Printer Configuration/Server/Connect…/Connect

before the Server>New>Printer button became available to me

]]> By: Ben Trombley http://heatware.net/linux-unix/add-install-windows-network-printer-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Ben Trombley Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:49:26 +0000 http://heatware.net/?p=561#comment-386 Thank you this was very helpful Thank you this was very helpful

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