[Bug 967410] Re: Windows clients cannot connect to shared printers

Wayne Hicks wdhicks at pacbell.net
Sun Dec 23 16:45:19 UTC 2012


The information posted in #21 and #25 above is close but I could not get
it to work.

A solution that worked for me is at
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=28397&p=618065#p618065

There were some additional instructions in setting /etc/samba/smb.conf
that were needed.

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Title:
  Windows clients cannot connect to shared printers

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “samba” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in “samba” source package in Quantal:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Since installing 12.04 I can no longer connect my windows XP clients to my laser printers on the Ubuntu system using samba. 
  It works on 11.10 using the exact same smb.conf file.  
  I can see the printers from the windows clients, I can select it, I install the drivers locally from the windows pc.  When I click next I get the message "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the sever". 

  This is a deal breaker for me.

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