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5.6 Configuring and Accessing a
Windows Network Printer
Being part of a corporate network and authenticating against a Windows Active Direc-
tory server, you can access corporate resources such as printers. GNOME allows you
to configure printing from your Linux client to a Windows network printer.
To configure a Windows network printer for use through your Linux workstation, pro-
ceed as follows:
1 Start the GNOME Control Center from the main menu.
2 Select Hardware > Printing.
3 Select New > Printer.
4 Select Windows Printer via SAMBA.
5 Open the SMB Browser with Browse and select a workgroup, a server and the
printer. Either enter the authentication credentials or choose to be prompted for
authentication each time when accessing the printer. Click Forward.
6 Choose the printer's manufacturer and the printer model from the list and select
a driver. The one that is marked with recommended normally produces the best
results. Proceed with Forward and provide a name, a description and a location
for the printer. Click Apply.
7 Adding a printer requires root privileges, so you must enter the root password
as the final step to adding it.
To print to the Windows network printer configured above, select it from the list of
available printers.
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