Printer-sharing with FreeBSD; cannot se icon for the printer
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Printer-sharing with FreeBSD; cannot se printer on Samba-share
I'm trying to share the printer for my BSD-box over Samba. I run the LPD-daemon, Samba3 and FreeBSD 5.4.
Now, the problem is, when clients lookup my box, they cannot see the printer, but for example the public-folder will show up, so I'm positive Samba is actually running
Any suggestion or solution to this?
My smb.conf:
Code:
#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]
[global]
comment = FreeBSD - Samba %v
log file = /var/log/samba.log
;dont descend = /dev,/proc,/root,/stand
load printers = yes
printcap name = /etc/printcap
printing = bsd
print command = lpr -s -P %p %s; rm %s
interfaces = dc0
map archive = no
public = yes
read only = no
preserve case = yes
security = share
guest ok = yes
;password level = 1
domain master = yes
workgroup = WORKGROUP
#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[printers]
path = /var/spool/
comment = Printers
create mode = 0700
browseable = yes
read only = no
public = yes
printable = yes
[public]
comment = Public Stuff
path = /home/samba
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
browsable = yes
Originally posted by -X- Ok, whatever, back to the original question. What happens when the client "Add New Printer"? These are Windows clients?
No, the client are two FreeBSD-machines with KDE. See, I want the printer(s) to be viewable from the Samba-share, but they don't. That's my problem. I don't need help adding printers to the clients, but making the printer viewable from the Samba-share. That's all.
With cups, printers do not show up as a share as computers and their directories do. On my systems, in konqueror, there is a "Navigation Panel" on the left with a "Service" section at the bottom. Printers (local and remote) show up there after they have been added. One would think lpr printers would work out the same.
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