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ReadyNAS Ultra 2 - printing in Ubuntu doesn't work
Hello For a couple of days I'm a happy owner of ReadyNAS Ultra 2, RAIDiator 4.2.19. Everything works like a charm, even setting up a git repo ;-) I've connected to the NAS my printer, Samsung ML-2...
If the printer works in Ubuntu when direct connected, but not when on the network, then it may be the driver has problems in that area. I do know that when installing a local printer in Windows and a networked printer (either stand alone or connected to another computer) is a different procedure.
No, I understand that fully. My point was that it worked with Windows, so it's not the printer or the NAS or the PC.
I am in a home environment using only Windows machines (3). Yet, all of the active printers (2) and one in a closet are network capable printers, just so I don't have to use the NAS as a print server. When I first started my Network, I didn't have any network capable printers, in fact my main printer, an HP Laserjet, was connected via parallel port. Even before I added the NAS, I made the decision to buy only network capable printers. They are not that much more expensive than non-network capable printers, and then you don't have to use a print server. My point was not to go out and buy one, my point was that when you replace the printer, get one that is network capable.
Have you tried connecting the printer to the Windows machine as a local printer and then installing it on the Ubuntu machine as a networked printer? Or the reverse? Just curious.
piotrek212 wrote: You might be missing the point of my question, I'm afraid. ;-)
The printer is working fine in Windows, it's not in Ubuntu.
No, I understand that fully. My point was that it worked with Windows, so it's not the printer or the NAS or the PC.
piotrek212 wrote: This is why I planned to use my NAS as print server as well. What sense would that make in small environment having network-enabled printer already?
Thanks anyway!
I am in a home environment using only Windows machines (3). Yet, all of the active printers (2) and one in a closet are network capable printers, just so I don't have to use the NAS as a print server. When I first started my Network, I didn't have any network capable printers, in fact my main printer, an HP Laserjet, was connected via parallel port. Even before I added the NAS, I made the decision to buy only network capable printers. They are not that much more expensive than non-network capable printers, and then you don't have to use a print server. My point was not to go out and buy one, my point was that when you replace the printer, get one that is network capable.
Have you tried connecting the printer to the Windows machine as a local printer and then installing it on the Ubuntu machine as a networked printer? Or the reverse? Just curious.
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