Installing Network Printer (HP Color Laser Jet 2605dn)

**Black_Moon** · January 8th, 2010

I've HP Color Laser Jet 2605dn printer in network (IP: 192.168.0.103).
Printer instaled successfully using CUPS. I can print from this Linux machine.

Now I need to print on HP CLJ 2605dn from Windows machines.
If I put printer driver myself from Windows printer installation it works.
But if I try to use printer from Linux it reports that there's no driver.

So I forced to use Samba to include in Linux share Windows HP driver.

I copyed cups-windows 6.0 drivers into /usr/share/cups/drivers
and also

ps5ui.dll
pscript5.dll
pscript.hlp
pscript.ntf

Then run -

cupsaddsmb -U root -a -V

If

[global]
load printers = yes
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
security = share

returns tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD
If

[global]
load printers = yes
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
security = user

returns tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

There's mistake?

p.s. smb.conf file in attachement.

**pricetech** · January 8th, 2010

Maybe I'm lost in the confusion, but;

If it's a network printer, are you trying to print directly from winders or going through your Linux box attempting to print to it as a shared printer ??

If you're doing the latter, why ?? You should have no problem at all setting it up under winders as long as you understand anything about setting up network printers.

**Black_Moon** · January 8th, 2010

This is network printer. (Connected to LAN, not to Local Machine).
Windows Machines can't see it without special tool utility. (CUPS can see).

So, Windows machines can use it only if it is shared printer.
As I have Linux machine as office server (always working),
so using shared printer is most suitable variant

**pricetech** · January 8th, 2010

Not to be argumentative but I just checked that model on HPs site and the driver is available with no special software required.

What version of winders are you using ??