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→Installing a Directly Connected Printer
Once the driver is installed you are ready to try out the printer. In the ''Printers'' dialog select your printer, right click with the mouse to pop up the menu and select ''Properties''. Click on ''Print Test Page'' to send a test page to the printer.
== Configuring a Printer Connected to a Windows System ==
If you need to access a printer which is connected to a Windows system you can easily configure Ubuntu Linux to support this. The first step is to visit the Windows system and make sure the printer is shared and find out the share name. On Windows XP select ''Printers and Faxes'' from the Start menu and find your printer. Right click on the printer and select ''Sharing''. In the properties dialog select ''Share this printer'' if it has not already been selected. Enter a ''Share name'' or note the name if one already exists. Then return to your Ubuntu Linux system.
Invoke the ''Printers'' dialog (System dekstop menu->Administration->Printing). Double click on ''New Printer'' and select ''Network Printer''. Since this is a Windows system select ''Windows Printer (SMB)'' from the drop down menu. Enter the host name or IP address of the Windows system on which the printer is installed. The ''Printer'' field enter the shared name you noted down from the Windows system. Click ''Forward'' and install the driver for the printer model.
Once installed right click with the mouse on the new printer in the ''Printers'' dialog, select ''Properties'' and click on the ''Print Test Page'' button. A test page should then appear on the printer.
== Detecting LAN Printers ==
To detect a LAN printer open the ''Printers'' dialog (System dekstop menu->Administration->Printing). In the printers dialog click on the ''Global Settings'' menu option and click on ''Detect LAN Printers''.
