Ubuntu
cups package

  1. Bug #283811
  2. Comment #45

Comment 45 for bug 283811

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DERG (georgeaross) wrote :

Paul Dufresne wrote..."Often, people does not describe much the remote printing system they use... because the bug seems to be on the Ubuntu client side.
My feeling is that most if not all of the remote system, are either Windows or Samba shared printer.
My guess is that none of the reporter is having this on a CUPS shared printer."

I'm only posting this to help in the only capacity that I can & that is to explain what is happening. Unlike those of you who are advanced users, I am not. But, I can share how my network is setup, what works & what doesn't as there seems to be various descriptions. Maybe this will help those who do have skills.

We have a 3 PC network. One PC is all Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit, one is Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit/XP dual boot & my PC is dual boot Ubuntu 9.04 amd64-bit/XP 32-bit. The dual boot Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit/XP has the printer.

Neither of the other Ubuntu 9.04 PCs can share the printer when that PC with the printer is running Ubuntu 9.04. We get the "AuthInfoRequired username,password" problem in the printer.conf file. Oddly enough, we can print when the printer PC is running XP & the others are in Ubuntu 9.04. And, when the printer PC is in XP the other dual boot amd64-bit PC is in XP, it can print XP to XP - no problems. I haven't tested with the printer PC in Ubuntu 9.04 & the dual boot amd64-bit PC is in XP; sorry.
All other file sharing between the 3 computers works fine.

Over at cups.org, Michael Sweet responded to my post. Here's the whole series where he gave some suggestions but to no avail;
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s5908+gcups.bugs+v5914+T0

"From: Michael R Sweet
Date: 13:19 Mon

Well, it could be that the Windows system isn't allowing guest
printing, so the smb backend is telling CUPS that it needs a username
and password.
Aside from that, I don't have any other suggestions to offer, sorry..."

I posted back that the only time the printing failed was when the printer PC was running Ubuntu 9.04 & the other 2 PCs were in Ubuntu 9.04 as well. He hasn't responded to that.
Anyway, I hope this offers some help.
Regards, GARoss (DERG)