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10.4: Fix an NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE printing error
Authored by: jacobolus on May 27, '05 01:27:22PM
By far the easiest way I've found to set up a printer from a windows network is to open up Printer Setup Utility, then click the add printer button. From inside the Printer Browser Window that pops up, option-click more printers. Then using the advanced option, drag device down to "Windows Printer via SAMBA". Now, you can type the device URI in several ways, including: smb://workgroup/server/printer_name, as the hint suggests, but in my experience, this fails sometimes, and can take a good half an hour to get set up. Far easier, IMO, is typing smb://username:password@IP_address/printer_name. I have found that sometimes, even if the windows computer is set up to allow printing without a password, just making up a user name and password sometimes makes it work. I have no idea why this is.

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