Setting up network printer

[Tony Pursell]

On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 00:51 -0300, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Tony Pursell
> <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm trying to set up a network printer on my Netbook.  The printer is
> > attached to my desktop PC.  The printing dialogue on the Netbook will
> > not find it either as a network printer or as a Samba printer.
> >
> > On the Desktop PC, when I look at the printer's properties, I have it
> > Shared under State, on the Policies tab, but it also says 'Not published
> > - See server settings', and I think this is why I cannot see it from the
> > Netbook.
> >
> > But I don't know what 'server setting' I need to look at.  Can anyone
> > enlighten me?
> 
> On the Desktop check if
> 
> System / Administration / Printing / Server / "Publish shared printers
> connected to this system"
> 
> is enabled. That's it. (Cups print server)
> 
> You probably have a default [printers] setting at smb.conf like this:
> 
> [printers]
> 	comment = All Printers
> 	browseable = no
> 	path = /var/spool/samba
> 	printable = yes
> ;	guest ok = yes
> ;	read only = yes
> 	create mask = 0700
> 
> so, no need to mess with Samba.
> 

Thanks Lucio.  I feel a bit of a fool now, but its because Unity
separates the menu bar from the window and doesn't show it until you
mouse over them.  If it was like the old style Gnome windows, I would
have had 'Server' staring me in the face.  (I wonder where I can make
that point to the Unity developers).

I did find the Samba config (very late last night) and got the printer
enabled by making printers browsable in that.

Thanks again,

Tony