Sharing a Ubuntu printer to Windows

I'm running a Ubuntu machine in my office that has a HP LaserJet 1320 Printer. My home and kids machines run Windows and occationaly need to print. Before I installed Ubuntu this wasn't a problem as everything was Windows.

Install samba and smbfs

sudo apt-get install samba smbfs

Edit the smb.conf file

sudo emacs /etc/samba/smb.conf

First, I modified the [printers] section and marked the following two items to yes.

[printers]
browseable = yes
quest ok = yes

Then, I uncommented and modfied the following inside the ### Printing ### section

########## Printing ##########
# CUPS printing. See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
# cupsys-client package.
printcap name = cups
printing = cups
security = share

Restart Samba

Lastly, you only need to restart samba.

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

After this you can go into Windows > Printers -> Add Printer and find your printer by browsing the network.

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