How to set up Canon LBP3000 shared from Windows 7?

Question

Ok, so I've got Canon LBP3000 attached to my HTPC/home server running Windows 7 x64. It's shared over the network and other Windows PCs can access it and use it without any problems.

Recently, I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit on my main work PC (it's a Toshiba Tecra laptop), and I'm mostly happy with how things are going, but I've got absolutely no idea how to set up my printer. I've searched and found some solutions (mostly for 32-bit unfortunately), but none of them are detailed enough and/or I don't have enough knowledge to pick the important bits and figure out the rest.

I've downloaded the drivers from Canon website. Please, someone, step by step, what should I do next?

Answer 1

I have a computer that I am trying to troubleshoot and in the process I have a network in the house and it is a Windows network. I run Win7 on my main computer and out of curiosity I attempted to install my Canon MP500 in order to print from this computer that I am troubleshooting.

I went to Settings, selected printers, then add. After going through the questions that it asked about what the computers share name was, it asked about what kind on printer. I ran through the list that was built into the Ubuntu OS and found the MP500, and then I asked it to install and it found the printer, (which is shared in the network), and installed the drivers that it needed and then allowed me to print a test sheet that came out perfectly. The total time that it took to install the printer was probably five minutes or less, and the version of Ubuntu is 12.10 with the rest of the network on various levels of Windows from XP to W'7. I am not sure what process that you are trying to use, but that is how I installed my Canon, and it was pretty straightforward. Good Luck.