Having a shared printer within a computer network is a nice thing to have. Since all computers within the network can access a remote printer to print documents. Maintenance cost is much more cheaper and easier since you only need to service only a single printer within a network.

Here’s how to enable Printer sharing with Ubuntu (or other Linux based computers) through GNOME :

At the computer with the printer

• First at the Desktop, go to System->Administration->Printing. A dialog will appear
• Go to Server Settings, and check the “Share published printers connected to this system” checkbox
  

• You may, optionally select “Allow users to cancel any job”
• Click Apply, and close the dialog

At the client computer(s)

• From the Desktop, go to System->Administration->Printing. A dialog will appear
• Check “Show shared printers from other systems” checkbox. Click Apply
• Repeat the first step, this time click “Refresh Printer Queues” button. You shall see the list of shared printer from the server computer
• Repeat this on other computers on the network to share the printer

That is all to it! Now you can print documents across your computer network.

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