[xubuntu-users] Printer query

[Neil Winchurst]

On 18/05/13 10:22, Peter Flynn wrote:
>
> Neil Winchurst <neilwin at drofle.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> There *was* a bug somewhere which failed to install (or maybe turn
>> on)
>>> Samba when you used CUPS to add a printer. But I think that's fixed.
>>>
>>> ///Peter
>>>
>>>
>> I am not using Samba, and I do not use Windows at all. Every computer
>> here runs Linux. They are all on the same network of course. We have
>> just the one router. The desktop is attached to it using a cable. The
>> laptops use wifi to link to that router.
>>
>> Previously I had an Epson printer, and we were using earlier versions
>> of
>> Xubuntu or Mint Xfce. That worked. Now that we have all upgraded to
>> Xubuntu 12.04 and I have a new HP printer I am getting this problem.
>>
>> Neil
>
 > If you are sharing the printer then does CUPS not use smb to do so?
 >
 > P
Not that I know of. I have never knowingly used samba. Or is smb 
something else? Anyway there is no /etc/smb file here.

Neil