It's funny; the 'add printer' wizard on the XP shows 2 computers in it: itself and the laptop. I don't know why it isn't showing the Ubuntu. The laptop is the wireless device while the ubuntu is hard wire in. I would think the roles should be reversed because of that. What is going on?
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > thank you so much! I discovered that the problem was that i had to > rediscover the printer. What would I need to do to get an XP to print > on this computer? > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Carruth, Rusty > <rusty.carr...@smartstoragesys.com> wrote: >> Tell the computer with the printer to share the printer to other >> computers (system/administration/printing then right-click on the >> printer and make sure 'shared' is selected) >> >> Then tell the computer without the printer to find a network printer, or >> maybe you'll have to give the IP address of the first computer, I >> forget. (ISTR that it was almost trivial, once the server knew to share >> the printer). >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> Hey guys and galls, what do I need to do to get my computer (ubuntu >>> derivative) to print to a printer connected to another machine >>> (ubuntu)? >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
