Ubuntu tutorial-print with a Windows shared printer

For users who have both Windows and Ubuntu computers but only one printer, this blog shows you how to share a printer in Windows and allow Ubuntu to use it for printing.

Almost all printers support Windows by default. Many printer manufacturers produce printers for Windows, but not many for Linux systems including Ubuntu. Therefore, if you have a printer that supports Windows, you can share it on a Windows machine and then let other systems use it for printing.

A few years ago, I encountered this problem when most printer manufacturers did not support Linux systems. I have an old-fashioned printer that only supports Windows and Mac OS X, but does not support Linux. Note: unless it is a very unpopular printer, you can print it in Linux now. In the translator's opinion, the reason for this article is not true, but the practice is true .)

I have installed a printer driver on my Windows machine, and then it can work well. My Windows machine uses it to print very well, but my Ubuntu cannot use it to print, because the printer does not support LAN interfaces.

So I shared the printer on Windows, and then my Ubuntu machine can print it in a proper font and style. If you encounter a similar situation, you can follow the instructions below.

First, log on to Windows, right-click the Printer you want to share, and then click 'printer properties )'

Next, select the "Sharing" tab, and select the 'share this printer (Share this printer) 'check box to Share. Remember the name of the shared printer because you need to use the shared name to connect to the printer.

Finally, run the command line terminal as administrator, and run the following command to facilitate file and printer sharing through the firewall.

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=Yes

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