(SOLVED) Easy Windows Printer Setup?

[chiefjim]

I've been using a NAS attached printer so long I've forgotten how to setup networked printers. A friend which I've introduced to Mint 9 can't configure his Windows XP hosted printers. Trying to find a solution I've nearly duplicated his setup and am having the same difficulty.

XP box 192.168.1.104
HP_PSC is connected via USB printer sharing is on

CUPS can't find it. Have tried IPP/HTTP/SMB Everything looks good until I click verify (in the Gnome printer utility) What step(s) might I be missing?

[altair4]

Can the Mint machine see the WinXP attached printer?
This should show all the shares on the lan including the WinXP shared printer:

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smbtree

You should also be able to see it from the Add button in the Gnome Printer utility under: Network Printer > Windows Printer via Samba

[chiefjim]

Can the Mint machine see the WinXP attached printer?
This should show all the shares on the lan including the WinXP shared printer:

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smbtree

You should also be able to see it from the Add button in the Gnome Printer utility under: Network Printer > Windows Printer via Samba

No.

MSHOME
\\JIM-XP
cli_start_connection: failed to connect to JIM-XP<20> (0.0.0.0). Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL


Sharing status on the XP box was rechecked and rebooted as well.

[altair4]

Make sure the samba / SMB ports are open on both machines:
Install nmap:

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sudo apt-get install nmap

Run this twice:

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sudo nmap -sS -sU -T4 192.168.0.100

Once substituting 192.168.0.100 with the ip address of the WinXP machine.
And again with the ip address of the Mint machine.

What you're looking for are the following ports to be open:

139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
137/udp open|filtered netbios-ns
138/udp open|filtered netbios-dgm

EDIT: You said you used the smb format to try to connect to the printer. Did you do it by ip address:

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smb://192.168.1.104/WinXP-Printer_name

[chiefjim]

Install nmap said I had the most current version already installed.

Interesting ports on 192.168.1.101: MINT
Not shown: 1992 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
5900/tcp open vnc
68/udp open|filtered dhcpc
137/udp open|filtered netbios-ns
138/udp open|filtered netbios-dgm
631/udp open|filtered ipp
5353/udp open|filtered zeroconf


Interesting ports on 192.168.1.104: XP
Not shown: 1000 open|filtered ports, 997 filtered ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
2869/tcp open unknown

Tried setting up via IP address but couldn't connect

[altair4]

You've got a couple of problems here. One is netbios name resolution which may be due to the udp ports not being open on WinXP but that really doesn't matter if you're trying to access the printer by ip address.

If you go into /etc/cups/printers.conf and look for that printer you should see a line that looks like this:

DeviceURI smb://192.168.1.104/Whatever-yourPrinterIsNamed

Is that what you see?

EDIT: I've got to shut down for the day so let me leave you with some things to check:

[] Play with the capitalization of the WinXP printer name.

[] WinXP sometimes gets confused over what an anonymous remote guest is so you might want to alter the DeviceURI to explicitly state "guest":

DeviceURI smb://guest@192.168.1.104/Whatever-yourPrinterIsNamed

[chiefjim]

You've got a couple of problems here. One is netbios name resolution which may be due to the udp ports not being open on WinXP but that really doesn't matter if you're trying to access the printer by ip address.

The "fix" was returning to the XP box, deleting the printer, then reinstalling from scratch with the manufacturer supplied install disc. After that the browse function was able to find the WinXP printer.

[capricornus]

I use a HP2055d on a Synology 109 NAS.
With Ubuntu of Mint GNOME, I easily get connected thru SAMBA:
smb://NETWORKNAME/DISKSTATION/usbprinter