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Sharing printer on 2 Kbuntu computers
The instruction below from the Ubuntu Website, does not work. Does anyone know how to set up a shared printer on two (2) Ubuntu machines? My printer is an HP psc 1210. Need Help
Ubuntu Print Server
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On the server machine (the one the printer is attached to) open up printer manager with
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sudo gnome-cups-manager
Or System->Administration->Printing.
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Under Server Settings check, i.e, turn on, the Share published connected to this system printers.
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Click on the Apply button;
Ubuntu Client Machine
Now on the client(s) (the one that you want to link to the shared printer that is in server machine):
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1.Open up the printer manager System->Administration->Printing
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Or open the Terminal:
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sudo gnome-cups-manager
2.Under the Server Settings check the Show Printers shared by others systems option.
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Click on the Apply button;
Then you can open any document, and try to print it. It should appear in the printer dialogs box the name of the shared Printer.
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