Installing Windows Samba printer

[silverrope]

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

[silverrope]

I guess the lack of a response means that I should just wait for the Canon printer to appear in the database? I don't want to remain passively waiting. Drivers for the Canon are available for both ubuntu and windows. What should be done to make the Canon accessible via Samba?

silverrope

[silverrope]

I assume this cannot be a rare question as new printers are coming out all the time. Fortunately Canon provides drivers for linux. So how do I get the Canon accessible as a Windows share printer?

[dino99]

get an answer from devs or experienced users:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+questions