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| Greetings: | By following these steps, you will be able to share a printer from your Ubuntu computer so that Windows XP clients can print to it. |
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| Mixing Ubuntu and Windows, I was able to "Network Print" from a from a Windows XP box to an Ubuntu Workstation (local printer) by trying the following 5 steps: (these directions are slightly adapted from the FrequentlyAskedQuestions page). | 1) Install the printer on the Ubuntu box by using the printer wizard. |
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| 1) Use the ubuntu "printing" wizard to add the local printer to your Ubuntu Workstation. | 2) Open a terminal |
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| 2)modify /etc/cups/cupsd.conf (you only need to modify the top level (first) Location tag because other Location tags seem to inherit permissions) | 3) Modify /etc/cups/cupsd.conf with your favourite editor (the following examples use gedit) {{{sudo gedit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf}}} 4) In this file, edit the first <Location> tag to allow connections from your network. Assuming that your network use adresses starting with "192.168.0." you add the following: (you only need to modify the top level (first) Location tag because other Location tags seem to inherit permissions) |
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| #the line below allows access to the LAN subnet Allow From 192.168.1.* |
#Modify 192.168.0.* to match your configuration. Allow From 192.168.0.* |
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| also set the port to listen on all interfaces (you might want to network through serial cables :( | Also set which TCP port that the printer system will accept connections on. Add this line to the top of the file: |
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| #Port 80 #Port 443 |
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| # #Listen 127.0.0.1:631 |
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| 3) restart the cups daemon | 5) Save the file and exit the editor. Now restart the printing system. Type the following: |
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| 4)modify C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (Win XP wont recognize the IP address so you need to map the ubuntu hostname to it.) | 6)The printing system on the Ubuntu box should be set up by now. On your Windows client, modify the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and add the following to it: |
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| 5)add the printer using the Windows XP "add printer" wizard and use the following url for the network connection | Of course, replace "192.168.1.100" with the IP adress of the Ubuntu box. 7)Now add the printer to the Windows client by using the Windows XP "Add Printer" Wizard. Type in the following in the printer URL: |
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| Replace "DeskJet-940C" with your printer's name |
By following these steps, you will be able to share a printer from your Ubuntu computer so that Windows XP clients can print to it.
1) Install the printer on the Ubuntu box by using the printer wizard.
2) Open a terminal
3) Modify /etc/cups/cupsd.conf with your favourite editor (the following examples use gedit) sudo gedit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
4) In this file, edit the first <Location> tag to allow connections from your network. Assuming that your network use adresses starting with "192.168.0." you add the following: (you only need to modify the top level (first) Location tag because other Location tags seem to inherit permissions)
<Location /> Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 #Modify 192.168.0.* to match your configuration. Allow From 192.168.0.* </Location>
Also set which TCP port that the printer system will accept connections on. Add this line to the top of the file:
Port 631
5) Save the file and exit the editor. Now restart the printing system. Type the following:
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
6)The printing system on the Ubuntu box should be set up by now. On your Windows client, modify the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and add the following to it:
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.100 ubuntu
Of course, replace "192.168.1.100" with the IP adress of the Ubuntu box. 7)Now add the printer to the Windows client by using the Windows XP "Add Printer" Wizard. Type in the following in the printer URL:
http://ubuntu:631/printers/DeskJet-940C
Replace "DeskJet-940C" with your printer's name
NetworkPrintingFromWinXP (last edited 2008-08-06 16:14:10 by localhost)