how to configure samba in ubuntu 9.10

linux.ab · 03-30-2010, 01:20 AM

hi..i am working in a office where a printer is shared and we can get xerox from it through windows...but in linux i cannot access the printer...i have managed to install the printer driver in ubuntu 9.10..it is installed ...but to share a printer which is installed on windows platform it cannot recognize...how can i share that printer...i heard about samba ..but donot know how to do it...kindly help me

Sayan Acharjee · 03-30-2010, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by linux.ab

hi..i am working in a office where a printer is shared and we can get xerox from it through windows...but in linux i cannot access the printer...i have managed to install the printer driver in ubuntu 9.10..it is installed ...but to share a printer which is installed on windows platform it cannot recognize...how can i share that printer...i heard about samba ..but donot know how to do it...kindly help me

These link may help:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO-10.html
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtar...250451,00.html

linux.ab · 03-31-2010, 04:23 AM

thanks sayan...but frankly speaking this didnot come handy for me... the printer is installed on windows xp and is shared also and to recognize it from ubuntu 9.10 come difficult for me....how to access it is really difficult for me

Sayan Acharjee · 03-31-2010, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by linux.ab

thanks sayan...but frankly speaking this didnot come handy for me... the printer is installed on windows xp and is shared also and to recognize it from ubuntu 9.10 come difficult for me....how to access it is really difficult for me

Try this link, it may help:
http://justin.yackoski.name/winp/