Clark76

Like the title says I am trying to make my Ubuntu box (8.04) into a print server for my two XP laptops. I am not sure if the problems I am running into are on the XP end or the Ubuntu end so I thought I would start here. The printer I am using is a HP PSC 1610xi connected to my desktop by USB cable. The laptops are connected by the wireless router and the desktop is directly connected to the router.

I am using the desktop edition of Ubuntu for this project. In my printer configurations under Server Settings it is checked next to Share published printers connected to this system and Allow printing from the internet. Under the printer itself in the policies tab under state Enabled, Accepting jobs, and Shared are all checked.

On the xp end when I am setting it up to add a network printer and select Choose Connect to a printer on the internet do I still type only changing SERVER_NAME to my computer's name and changing PRINTER_NAME to in my case PSC_1600_series? I had found this in reference to using Server edition of Ubuntu so I am not sure if something needs changed for the desktop edition. If this is correct then I must have a setting wrong in Ubuntu or somewhere else because that does not seem to work. I get an error on the laptop that it could not find the printer and that it might be disconnected from the network. I tested and am able to print from Ubuntu.

If you feel this problem would be better off in the networking forum let me know and I will post there instead

Thanks for any advice offered

shuuhen

I'm not an expert at CUPS or Ubuntu's graphical administrative tools, but howtoforge.com has a tutorial that looks decent (and I think it's what you're trying to do ).

Tutorial: http://www.howtoforge.com/ipp_based_print_server_cups

There will be some differences between the distro they used and yours. Instead of su root, then executing commands as root (similar to Administrator on Windows), Debian/Ubuntu/Kubuntu/etc users use sudo command or they can consider trying sudo su - to log into a terminal as root (only use this last method for longer administration sessions).

Instead of using yum, you will use Synaptic or apt-get (the former for a GUI, the latter for command line). If you have questions over differences, just post back here.


Specifically for what you're currently trying: what documentation are you using? It should work for the Desktop Edition with the possible exception of a missing program or two.

Clark76

Thanks for the reply and link shuuhen

This is the link I was using:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ne...tingWithUbuntu
I know it was for an older version but I figure that the steps should be close enough.

I ended up using a combination of the link you provided and this link:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1831119
for setting up CUPS and instead of using my Linux box name I used the IP address and it worked. Now I just have to figure out how to set my box to a static IP address which should not be to hard, only its late and I have to get up early so I will save that for another day.

Once again, thank you.