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Yep, I entered "share cups printer" in the search box and got this:
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Yep, I entered "share cups printer" in the search box and got this:
Web Search Being Updated
Please excuse the temporary unavailability of web search on samba.org mirrors. The site hosting our search has gone down.
We will be putting up a new search engine in the next few days.
In the meantime, do you happen to know where at samba.org one might find the relevant instructions? thanks so much!
Maybe hidden under the "Docs and Books" link, or the "Official HowTo" link.....
# 2. Printing Options:
# CHANGES TO ENABLE PRINTING ON ALL CUPS PRINTERS IN THE NETWORK
# (as cups is now used in linux-mandrake 7.2 by default)
# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
printcap name = cups
load printers = yes
# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx, cups
printing = cups
# NOTE: If you have a CUPS print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer.
# You must configure the samba printers with the appropriate Windows
# drivers on your Windows clients or upload the printer driver to the
# server from Windows (NT/2000/XP). On the Samba server no filtering is
# done. If you wish that the server provides the driver and the clients
# send PostScript ("Generic PostScript Printer" under Windows), you have
# to use 'printcap name = cups' or swap the 'print command' line below
# with the commented one. Note that print commands only work if not using
# 'printing=cups'
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# to allow user 'guest account' to print.
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
create mode = 0700
# =====================================
# print command: see above for details.
# =====================================
print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer drivers.
# print command = lpr-cups -P %p %s # using cups own drivers (use generic PostScript on clients).
# If you install drivers on the server, you will want to uncomment this so
# clients request the driver
use client driver = yes
# This share is used for Windows NT-style point-and-print support.
# To be able to install drivers, you need to be either root, or listed
# in the printer admin parameter above. Note that you also need write access
# to the directory and share definition to be able to upload the drivers.
# For more information on this, please see the Printing Support Section of
# /usr/share/doc/samba-<version>/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
#
# A special case is using the CUPS Windows Postscript driver, which allows
# all features available via CUPS on the client, by publishing the ppd file
# and the cups driver by using the 'cupsaddsmb' tool. This requires the
# installation of the CUPS driver (http://www.cups.org/windows.php)
# on the server, but doesn't require you to use Windows at all :-).
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
write list = @adm root
guest ok = yes
inherit permissions = yes
First setup the printer in cups, then setup samba.
This is a short-hand description of what to do:
1) Visit linuxprinting.org and under printers select your manufacturer and model. Download the .ppd file
2) go to "localhost:631" (cups configuration) and click add a printer. Fill in the information.
3) Go to "localhost:901" **(This only works if swat is installed)** and add the printer into samba.
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