we had the windows box printing about 6 months ago but for some reason it isn't doing so any longer. Why is this? The smbtree <1> has the print server in it showing the printer as being shared. It also has the windows box with the print driver showing as shared. I don't know if this would matter but I changed the account name. hmmmm.... it seems to have mattered seeing as how I can't print anymore! -- :-)~MIKE~(-: <1> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~ $ smbtree Unknown parameter encountered: "netbios" Ignoring unknown parameter "netbios" Enter bmike1's password: WORKGROUP \\SONYDESKTOP Sony Desktop \\SONYDESKTOP\Printer PaperPort Image Printer \\SONYDESKTOP\Printer2 Microsoft XPS Document Writer \\SONYDESKTOP\2012-1-5-filesystem \\SONYDESKTOP\2012-1-5-home \\SONYDESKTOP\2012-1-13.IBM \\SONYDESKTOP\D \\SONYDESKTOP\C \\SONYDESKTOP\SharedDocs \\SONYDESKTOP\print$ Printer Drivers \\SONYDESKTOP\IPC$ Remote IPC \\SONYDESKTOP\My Documents \\MICHAELS-PC Michaels-PC server (Samba, Ubuntu) \\MICHAELS-PC\2012-1-5-filesystem \\MICHAELS-PC\desktop \\MICHAELS-PC\pictures \\MICHAELS-PC\downloads \\MICHAELS-PC\2012-1-13.ibm \\MICHAELS-PC\ubuntu one \\MICHAELS-PC\bmike101 \\MICHAELS-PC\videos \\MICHAELS-PC\documents \\MICHAELS-PC\public \\MICHAELS-PC\home \\MICHAELS-PC\2012-1-5-home \\MICHAELS-PC\programs \\MICHAELS-PC\templates \\MICHAELS-PC\music \\MICHAELS-PC\Photosmart-C7200-series-Fax HP Fax \\MICHAELS-PC\Photosmart-C7200-series HP Photosmart C7200 series \\MICHAELS-PC\HP-Photosmart HP Photosmart c7288 All-in-one Printer \\MICHAELS-PC\IPC$ IPC Service (Michaels-PC server (Samba, Ubuntu)) \\MICHAELS-PC\print$ Printer Drivers \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP Michaels-Laptop server (Samba, LinuxMint) \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\videos \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\programs \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\public \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\desktop \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\documents \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\music \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\downloads \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\pictures \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\bmike1-laptop \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\templates \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\HP-Photosmart HP Photosmart c7288 All-in-one Printer \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\IPC$ IPC Service (Michaels-Laptop server (Samba, LinuxMint)) \\MICHAELS-LAPTOP\print$ Printer Drivers bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~ $