I had problems getting my printer to work, when plugged directly into Ubuntu. I have an HP PSC 500, still working fine after all these years. The printer is shared on my windows network, which I assumed would not work with Ubuntu. Boy was I wrong. It was as easy as picking the name of the computer the printer was plugged into, and then it worked! Here is what I did step by step:
- System > Administration > Printing
- New Printer
- Select Windows Server
- Browse to select the computer it is shared on
- Pick the type of printer
- Complete!
