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I currently have an HP Laserjet 1012 connected to Ubuntu. It is not supported by windows anymore. I tried to print to it from windows but that does not work. I've been using Google Cloud print as a workaround, but this is less than ideal.

How can I share this printer so windows will actually print to it?

The notes on SAMBA don't help since I think what I really need is to make windows think its printing to something else. The printer IS shared, but there is not a working driver for Win10.

Notes: I'm on Win10 64, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Printer is shared via SAMBA.

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  • https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu?action=show&redirect=Samba%2FPrinterSharing – Pilot6 Sep 18 '15 at 17:46
  • possible duplicate of [What is CUPS server and how to share a printer (Locally or over a network)](http://askubuntu.com/questions/73367/what-is-cups-server-and-how-to-share-a-printer-locally-or-over-a-network) – Pilot6 Sep 18 '15 at 17:48
  • I can see the printer from windows. It even tries to install the driver, but it hasn't been officially supported since XP and the workarounds don't work on Win10. – ThatChrisGuy Sep 18 '15 at 17:50
  • I think an option will be to upload files to Ubuntu and setup a script there that will pick the uploaded files and print them. – Pilot6 Sep 18 '15 at 17:53
  • How about [Google Cloud Print](http://www.google.com/cloudprint/learn/)? – Terrance Sep 18 '15 at 17:56
  • I'm using Google Cloud print. That works OK, but it can't be automated, always launches browser to select print options, etc. Uploading files to Ubuntu + script would require doing everything via PDF. – ThatChrisGuy Sep 18 '15 at 17:59
  • You can do the [Cloud Printer Driver](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/cloudprintdriver) that is a local setup so that you can print directly that way. – Terrance Sep 18 '15 at 18:14
  • I use Dropbox, and have directories for each of my 6 printer queues, plus a half-hourly cronjob. I can "print" from any device that can reach Dropbox. – waltinator Sep 18 '15 at 18:14
  • I think you can enable support for ipp in windows 10. If so you can directly print to this printer using cups –  Sep 18 '15 at 19:59

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I use Dropbox, and have directories for each of my 6 printer queues, plus a half-hourly cronjob. I can "print" from any device that can reach Dropbox.

But, for a locally connected system, you could manage CUPS from http://localhost:631, click on the Administration tab, and Enable Printer Sharing and a couple of others. Here is what I have: Administration buttons

First, of course, is to ensure that CUPS is working on the system where the printer is connected.

Second is to convince Windows to print to a "Generic Postscript Printer/Network Printer". GLWT (Good Luck With That)

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