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gnome-nettool package

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Asked by Troy Hendrix

I have a desktop on ubuntu and a lap top on windows 7. They are tied together on a wireless system. I would like to use the desktop as a server and use it printer/scanner from my laptop and store files on the desktop from my laptop

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Theodotos Andreou (theodotos) said : 		#1

You can share files using samba. For printer sharing you must configure both samba and cups. There is a guide here on how to do this:

For 10.04:
  https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/samba-printserver.html
For 10.10:
  https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/serverguide/C/samba-printserver.html

If you do not like to use command line you can install the the ebox-printers package:

  sudo apt-get install ebox-printers

and then point your webbrowser in this URL:
  https://localhost

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