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So I set up my printer on 12.10 to share via SAMBA. Windows 'sees' it, it will install it on windows (I have the printer driver installs but it asks for it in Windows default list.. ?), then I can print a test page to the ubuntu printer from Windows. But If I try to print something in Notepad/Wordpad it says 'Printing' but doesn't add it to the "See whats printing" list. If you do it in Google Chrome, however, it works. Any ideas?

EDIT: ANSWER: The thread was closed, I will post the answer here... To fix this, share your printer via CUPS server instead of SAMBA and access if from Windows by "http://ubuntu-hostname:631/printers/PRINTERNAME". It makes things a lot simpler as well.

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Check if notepad and wordpad point to the correct printer. Check page setup in notepad and see paper size is correct. This is not an Ubuntu problem. This is Windows printing problem. – user68186 Nov 7 '12 at 22:29
That is what I thought. Because it technically WILL print. Curse windows.... thanks for your reply :) – Sean Webber Nov 7 '12 at 22:34
This question is beyond the scope of our FAQ as it seems to be an issue from Windows not from Ubuntu. – Takkat Nov 8 '12 at 7:58

closed as off topic by Takkat, Stephen Myall, The Lord of Time, devav2, jrg♦ Nov 8 '12 at 14:30

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