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Hi
Received my Bubba|2 yesterday. Proud father, well pleased! But I can't get it to recognise my P4350. I can add it as a networked printer per the instructions but it can't find the drivers either from the CD or download. Any suggestions as to an "alternative" driver? I'm really only interested in the printer, but as it's an all in one, scanning would be a bonus. Cheeseboy kindly searched for a CUPS driver but couldn't find one either.

I may be wrong, I've never set up a network printer before, but don't you need to install the drivers on the client PCs?

You are not wrong

As I don't have Windows PCs at home, I sort of transfered the problem I was having finding a CUPS driver for my printer for my Ubuntu PCs to Giz' question.

Gizmo:
If you use Windows, just install the printer driver, and it should work.
You don't need a driver to add the printer to the server.

Sorry...

Cheeseboy wrote:You are not wrong

First time for everything. I did realise I lied though; I have set up a network printer before, not on Buuba though.

[EDIT]I think there's also a way to save the driver on the server for distribution across the network rather than having to install it from disc on every PC. Can't remember how though.

I think there's also a way to save the driver on the server for distribution across the network rather than having to install it from disc on every PC

Yeah, I tried that on my Bubba mk1, when I still had windoze at home, but I could never get it to work, Something with samba permissions. Windoze expects the printer itself to be the file-share with the driver on it, but samba will have none of that nonsense... (if I remember correctly, this was 2007)

EDIT:
Consistent capitalization.

It gets worse - shamefuly I'm on 'doze 7 which won't play with anything from the 20th century, it seems... Had the same issue with a Netgear PS121, which worked with XP just fine. It's not the Bubba's fault. I'm thoroughly enjoying that