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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...
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Thanks for posting.
Maybe I'll share the story in a short version. ;-)
We have 3 PCs in home network. 2 are actually browsing and printing machines running Win XP and Win 7. On my own I run Ubuntu (and Win7 sometimes).
Sometimes we just need to print something. Attaching the printer to a laptop every time you need to print something works, but it's quite annoying. Sharing the printer works, but then the "server" needs to be up and running, which is annoying as well.
That's why, because the NAS is always up and every machine uses it, we thought of using it as "print server". Whatever OS you have, you add a network printer, and use it instead of attaching it locally. That works, but not in Ubuntu.
I'm not much into printing in Linux and I'm just wondering why it's not working... Looks like I need to "plug and pray" in home usage again :-D
Thanks for posting.
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.
Maybe I'll share the story in a short version. ;-)
We have 3 PCs in home network. 2 are actually browsing and printing machines running Win XP and Win 7. On my own I run Ubuntu (and Win7 sometimes).
Sometimes we just need to print something. Attaching the printer to a laptop every time you need to print something works, but it's quite annoying. Sharing the printer works, but then the "server" needs to be up and running, which is annoying as well.
That's why, because the NAS is always up and every machine uses it, we thought of using it as "print server". Whatever OS you have, you add a network printer, and use it instead of attaching it locally. That works, but not in Ubuntu.
I'm not much into printing in Linux and I'm just wondering why it's not working... Looks like I need to "plug and pray" in home usage again :-D
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