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However, I seem to be unable to find the network, no matter what.
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You need Samba client installed. I would guess it is, but verify it is. Go to Synaptic package manager, and look for 'samba' and verify you have the client.
Not sure what desktop or version of Ubuntu. If it is kubuntu, then open konqueror, and on the URL line, type 'smb://networkname' ( without quotes ) and see what comes up. If you have a smb client, you should get some kind of response, you may well get a lot. I know there are smb clients in Gnome also. I only used the G variety for a very short time, so I don't remember the exact application.
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Mac users can access the printing system, so there is really no reason why Linux users like me cant.
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Not necessarily so. Here is the process. On your system, the application needs to send the print job to cups. Have you got that installed? Next you need the correct print driver for the target printer. Have you got that? Next have you configured the printer in Cups? Is that done?
The largest problem is the printer hardware itself. There needs to be a driver for linux for the target printer. There are a lot of printers without linux drivers, since a lot of printer makers are not linux friendly. To determine if the driver exists, find out the make and model of the target printer. Go to this link
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting and go to the printer data base. See if there is a driver, Once you know if it exists, then install it, configure, and then print...
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The techs in my school tell me that ubuntu is "incompatible"
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This is a common response, usually they don't know enough, that is why you are here, right.
Post back if you need more help.
