[quote=“matetwo, post:6, topic:13033”]How do I go about hooking it up? I have a cat 5 cable pluged in to the router as of now.[/quote]You would hook up the printer to another device, such as the router (assuming the router supports that functionality) and then on your Ubuntu machine, you would Add a new printer (Printers -> Add -> Network printer -> Find network printer -> enter the router’s IP as host and click Find).
AFAIK anyhow, never used a printer in that fashion.
Anyhow, different question – Does the printer work properly via USB on Windows? And do the USB ports on your Ubuntu machine work properly with other devices? Just to rule out hardware issues.