This did not work for me. Printer on the Win7 machine is setup to share, and works fine with WinXP. Once again, Linux is epic fail.
chris
13 years ago
It worled for me until a few days ago and then stopped.
Never had a problem when the server was running XP. Now it keeps prompting for user name and password and will not accept any.
Anonymous
13 years ago
It doesn’t work at all.
It’s always asking for a password. But even when I supply a pwd with a valid user account it’s still refusing even to list the shared printers.
chris
13 years ago
I read elsewhere that there was a problem with Win7 changing the SMB protocol packets with one of the Windows Live Messenger updates. With this update, MS networking started sending multiple records where previously it only ever sent just one (the exact details elude my memory). SAMBA could not cope with the change in record format.
I saw evidence of the SAMBA guys working on this problem. I would have thought that would have filtered through by now, but I STILL cannot log in to the Win7 PC from my Ubuntu 10.04 system. Maybe its fixed in a later release, but it really ought to be fixed in the LTS version too.
This is a SAMBA problem and not a Linux one. And furthermore, it happened when MICROSOFT changed something, so I don’t think it is really fair to lay it at the door of Linux.
i have my site http://admin-vestnik.ru in Russian Language and i want write a post about this, and i can link for your site/post
New Print Head
12 years ago
totally agree with Andy. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past 2 years. It dosen’t matter where you buy the inks from, be sure to check out their guarantee and stock up accordingly to your needs.
I am trying to connect a Xerox -WorkCentre-5225 having a network IP address through network and cannot install its driver in Ubuntu 10.04. When provided the ppd it shows a message to install ‘…..filter’. So I edited the ppd file and the message disappeared but cannot print from it. Please provide a solution
pete
10 years ago
Nope, even in 2013 this process is simply flat wrong. It just doesn’t work
Raul
10 years ago
Linux/windows mixed enviroment, 300+ pcs. close to 100 printers. No one probem arise following this guide. THK!
sadeesh
10 years ago
need drivers for below printer models
1.Epson FX 105 ( line printer – Label printer _ Wep Printronix P7C-500N )
2.Wipro EX 330+ DX
3.Wep LQ 540 DX
4.Wep LQ 1050 DX
Avrohom Gershon
6 years ago
This article on accessing a Windows printer from Ubuntu was very straightforward and easy to follow. Everything went as expected except at the very end when I pressed the Print Test Page button, it said Unable to Connect to the CIFS Host.
Ajoy Kumar Deb
5 years ago
I m from warangal, Telangana, India
want to know the configure steps, shared printer from windows7/8/10 to ubuntu 18.10 machine.
This did not work for me. Printer on the Win7 machine is setup to share, and works fine with WinXP. Once again, Linux is epic fail.
It worled for me until a few days ago and then stopped.
Never had a problem when the server was running XP. Now it keeps prompting for user name and password and will not accept any.
It doesn’t work at all.
It’s always asking for a password. But even when I supply a pwd with a valid user account it’s still refusing even to list the shared printers.
I read elsewhere that there was a problem with Win7 changing the SMB protocol packets with one of the Windows Live Messenger updates. With this update, MS networking started sending multiple records where previously it only ever sent just one (the exact details elude my memory). SAMBA could not cope with the change in record format.
I saw evidence of the SAMBA guys working on this problem. I would have thought that would have filtered through by now, but I STILL cannot log in to the Win7 PC from my Ubuntu 10.04 system. Maybe its fixed in a later release, but it really ought to be fixed in the LTS version too.
This is a SAMBA problem and not a Linux one. And furthermore, it happened when MICROSOFT changed something, so I don’t think it is really fair to lay it at the door of Linux.
Don’t work on Ubuntu 10.10
We will update this in the coming weeks so that we cover Ubuntu 10.10.
I will wait for, thnx
i have my site http://admin-vestnik.ru in Russian Language and i want write a post about this, and i can link for your site/post
totally agree with Andy. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past 2 years. It dosen’t matter where you buy the inks from, be sure to check out their guarantee and stock up accordingly to your needs.
If you have problems with finding printer drivers, configuring CUPS or sharing printers with Linux and Windows read complete tutorial on page: http://linuxibos.blogspot.com/2012/05/seprinters-linux.html
I am trying to connect a Xerox -WorkCentre-5225 having a network IP address through network and cannot install its driver in Ubuntu 10.04. When provided the ppd it shows a message to install ‘…..filter’. So I edited the ppd file and the message disappeared but cannot print from it. Please provide a solution
Nope, even in 2013 this process is simply flat wrong. It just doesn’t work
Linux/windows mixed enviroment, 300+ pcs. close to 100 printers. No one probem arise following this guide. THK!
need drivers for below printer models
1.Epson FX 105 ( line printer – Label printer _ Wep Printronix P7C-500N )
2.Wipro EX 330+ DX
3.Wep LQ 540 DX
4.Wep LQ 1050 DX
This article on accessing a Windows printer from Ubuntu was very straightforward and easy to follow. Everything went as expected except at the very end when I pressed the Print Test Page button, it said Unable to Connect to the CIFS Host.
I m from warangal, Telangana, India
want to know the configure steps, shared printer from windows7/8/10 to ubuntu 18.10 machine.