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silverrope
October 2nd, 2010, 12:06 PM
I install all my printers on a Windows machine and share them to my other machines via WLAN. For my Lucid Lynx laptop, I search for the printer via Samba and install the drivers from the driver database that comes with ubuntu. So far no problems with my HP and Brother printers.

Recently, I bought a fairly newish printer, a Canon Pixma ip2700, so the driver is not available in the database. So I downloaded the Linux ip2700 driver from the Canon website, installed the deb file, and it now works but only if the printer is connected locally.

Is it possible to connect the Canon onto the Windows machine and use it as a Samba printer using the driver I just installed? When I choose the Canon with the SMB Browser, it searches for a driver but doesn't find it (I just end up with the "Choose driver" list).

silverrope

Sorry wrong forum. I will repost to the Installation forum