Chapter 22. File and Print

In This Chapter

Using the Network File System Putting Samba to Work Network and Remote Printing with Ubuntu References

In the early days of computing, file and printer sharing was pretty much impossible because of the lack of good networking standards and interoperability. If you wanted to use a printer connected to another computer, you had to save the file to a floppy disk and walk over. Sometimes people do the same thing today using a USB thumb drive or emailing the file. However, there are better ways.