Hello,
I'm using Kubuntu 7.04 to try to connect to a Windows XP Home shared printer on a workgroup. This should work fine and not require changes on the Windows machine because Mandriva 2007.1 was able to connect to this shared printer without any trouble. In Kubuntu, I use the KDE Print Wizard, I pick "SMB Shared Printer (Windows)", I use Anonymous (also tried Guest) access, I "Scan" for networked printers, and the MSHOME workgroup appears and the machine name below that, but when I click on the machine, I get an error "NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED". And that's as far as I can get. I should mention that I can use Konqueror on Kubuntu to browse to file shares on the same machine without any trouble, the WinXP machine isn't highly secured or anything. It's a very simple, reliable network setup. Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot!
Ok, I found a hack to make this work.... http://
Basically, you use the add new printer wizard, you click "Anonymous", scan for hosts, and click on workgroup to expose host machines. Then, you click back, and change to "guest" authentication, and click next again. Without re-scanning, click on the host machine you found before, and this time it will show a list of shared printers.
This makes me think that all the more so this bug should be fixed, because the basic functionality is there, and it can't be too difficult. It's definitely a KDE problem and not a Windows XP problem.