This brief tutorial will show you how to share your Windows 7 printer and allow Ubuntu to print from it. If have both Windows and Ubuntu machines that are connected to the same network (switch), you can easily use your default Windows printer in Ubuntu by sharing it. Doing this will let your Ubuntu machine print to the same printer as your Windows machine.
You wouldn’t need to buy additional printers just for Ubuntu, both machines can use the one printer installed on your Windows machine.