cupsaddsmb(8) Easy Software Products cupsaddsmb(8)NAMEcupsaddsmb - export printers to samba for windows clients
SYNOPSIScupsaddsmb [ -a ] [ -U user ] [ -v ]
cupsaddsmb [ -u user ] [ -v ] [ printer1 ... printerN ]
DESCRIPTIONcupsaddsmb exports printers to the SAMBA software (version 2.2.0 or
higher) for use with Windows clients. Depending on the SAMBA configura‐
tion, you may need to provide a password to export the printers. This
program requires the Adobe PostScript printer driver files described
below.
The -a option exports all known printers. Otherwise, only the named
printers are exported.
The -U option specifies the print admin username which defaults to your
current username.
The -v option specifies that verbose information should be shown and is
useful for debugging SAMBA configuration problems.
SAMBA CONFIGURATIONcupsaddsmb uses the new RPC-based printing support in SAMBA 2.2.x to
provide printer drivers and PPD files to Windows client machines. In
order to use this functionality, you must first configure SAMBA (via
the smb.conf file) to support printing through CUPS and provide a
printer driver download share, as follows:
[global]
load printers = yes
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
printer admin = root
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /etc/samba/drivers
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
write list = root
This configuration assumes a FHS-compliant installation of SAMBA;
adjust the [printers] and [print$] share paths accordingly on your sys‐
tem as needed.
ADOBE POSTSCRIPT DRIVERS FOR WINDOWScupsaddsmb uses the Adobe PostScript printer drivers for Windows, which
are available for download from the Adobe web site
(http://www.adobe.com). Once you have extracted the driver files, cre‐
ate a "drivers" directory in the CUPS data directory (usually
/usr/share/cups) and copy the Adobe files using UPPERCASE filenames, as
follows:
ADFONTS.MFM
ADOBEPS4.DRV
ADOBEPS4.HLP
ADOBEPS5.DLL
ADOBEPSU.DLL
ADOBEPSU.HLP
DEFPRTR2.PPD
ICONLIB.DLL
PSMON.DLL
SEE ALSO
CUPS Software Administrators Manual, http://localhost:631/documenta‐
tion.html
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