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Hi! Since I did a fresh install from Mint 7 RC to Mint 7, I am having trouble adding a printer.

I choose Printing from the Mint Menu and click New. There used to be a Windows Printer via Samba option when I was using the RC, but it is not there in this fresh Mint 7 install. How can I get the option back? It was incredibly simple to install the printer that way. I have now tried a few different methods, but can't get them to work.

I am able to connect to the shared files on the target XP machine just fine, and the printer is shared.

Any ideas why that option is missing?

Thanks!

That is very strange.
If you go to CUPS directly is the "Windows Printer via Samba" option missing?

Open your favorite browser
Type localhost:631
Select Add Printer
Device: "Windows Printer via Samba"

altair4 wrote:That is very strange.
If you go to CUPS directly is the "Windows Printer via Samba" option missing?

Open your favorite browser
Type localhost:631
Select Add Printer
Device: "Windows Printer via Samba"

Yes, it is also missing there too.

My first thought is that cups itself is corrupted somehow. I would try to reinstall cups from synaptic.

The version of cups that I have is:

apt version cups
1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2

When was the last time you did the mintUpdate?

I frequently use mintUpdate and have the same version installed.

I tried to reinstall, but still the option is missing.

This is getting stranger and stranger. Go into Synaptic and see if the following packages are installed:

libsmbclient
smbclient
python-smbc

If not install them.

smbclient was not installed. I'll reboot and check if that fixes things.

Edit: Actually, no reboot was necessary. The option is now there like it should be!

Whew, I'm glad that fixed it. The bigger question is how in the world could a fresh install of Mint leave out smbclient