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5.6 Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network PrinterĀ 

Being part of a corporate network and authenticating against a Windows Active Directory server, you can access corporate resources such as printers. GNOME allows you to configure printing from your Linux client to a Windows network printer.

To configure a Windows network printer for use through your Linux workstation, proceed as follows:

Make sure the CUPS printing service is available and automatically started at boot time:

sudo systemctl enable cups.service

sudo systemctl start cups.service

Start the printer configuration by right-clicking the desktop and choosing Settings and then Devices › Printers.

Click Unlock in the upper right corner and enter the root password.

Click Add a Printer.

Select a Windows printer connected via Samba.

To print to the Windows network printer configured above, select it from the list of available printers.