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:
Start the GNOME Control Center from the main menu.
Select
+ .Select
.Adding a printer requires root privileges, so you must enter the root password to continue.
Select
, then select from the drop-down menu.Enter or select the Windows host, the printer, and the username and password required to access the Windows computer, then click
.Select the driver that most closely matches the printer, then click
.Click
.The printer is ready for use.
To print to the Windows network printer configured above, select it from the list of available printers.