Simple Samba Setup

[i]

(I'm not keen on alliteration, but that title is actually very concise.)

How do I share a printer using Samba?

This printer should have no restrictions at all. Anyone who can browse to it or otherwise connect to it over the network should have the ability to print to it.

I'm basically looking to share the printer as if this system were a dumb Win9x box.

 

[blakerwry]

i think you may want to add this to your smb.conf file (/etc/samba/smb.conf on my computer)

# 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. 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 swap the 'print command' line below with the commented one.
[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).
# The following two commands are the samba defaults for printing=cups
# change them only if you need different options:
;   lpq command = lpq -P %p
;   lprm command = cancel %p-%j

# 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 
[print$]
   path = /var/lib/samba/printers
   browseable = yes
   read only = yes
   write list = @adm root

# A useful application of samba is to make a PDF-generation service
# To streamline this, install windows postscript drivers (preferably colour)
# on the samba server, so that clients can automatically install them.

[pdf-generator]
   path = /var/tmp
   guest ok = No
   printable = Yes
   comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
   #print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf file path win_path recipient IP &
   print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u \\\\\\\\%L\\\\%u %m %I &

I'm no expert, but this is waht is in my samba config file.. i dont have a working printer to test either... so try it and you might get lucky... i don't have any other advice to offer.

 

[i]

Thank ye. I will give it a try.