cupsaddsmb(8) Easy Software Products cupsaddsmb(8)
NAME
cupsaddsmb - export printers to samba for windows clients
SYNOPSIS
cupsaddsmb [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-password] ] [ -h
cups-server[:port] ] [ -v ] -a
cupsaddsmb [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-password] ] [ -h
cups-server[:port] ] [ -v ] printer [ ... printer ]
DESCRIPTION
cupsaddsmb 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 Windows printer driver files described below.
OPTIONS
cupsaddsmb supports the following options:
-H samba-server
Specifies the SAMBA server which defaults to the CUPS server.
-U samba-user[%samba-password]
Specifies the SAMBA print admin username which defaults to your
current username. If the username contains a percent (%) charac-
ter, then the text following the percent is treated as the SAMBA
password to use.
-a
Exports all known printers. Otherwise only the named printers are
exported.
-h cups-server[:port]
Specifies a different CUPS server to use.
-v
Specifies that verbose information should be shown. This is useful
for debugging SAMBA configuration problems.
SAMBA CONFIGURATION
cupsaddsmb 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 the SAMBA
smb.conf(5) 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.
MICROSOFT POSTSCRIPT DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS
The base driver for Windows 2000 and higher is the Microsoft PostScript
driver, which is available on any system running Windows 2000 or higher
in the %WINDOWS%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\W32X86\3 folder.
The CUPS printer driver is preferred over the Microsoft driver since it
supports the page-label, job-billing, and job-hold-until options fully
on all printers. However, currently only Windows 2000 and higher is
supported by the Microsoft driver, so you will also need to get the
Adobe driver to support Windows 95, 98, and Me clients. The Adobe and
Microsoft drivers for Windows 2000 are identical.
Once you have extracted the driver files, copy them to the
/usr/share/cups/drivers directory exactly as named below:
[Windows 2000 and higher]
ps5ui.dll
pscript.hlp
pscript.ntf
pscript5.dll
Note: Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that you use the
lowercase filenames shown above, otherwise cupsaddsmb will fail to
export the drivers.
CUPS POSTSCRIPT DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS
cupsaddsmb can use the CUPS v6 PostScript printer driver for Windows,
which is available for download from the CUPS web site.
The CUPS printer driver is preferred over the Adobe and Microsoft
drivers since it supports the page-label, job-billing, and job-hold-
until options fully on all printers. However, currently only Windows
2000 and higher is supported by the CUPS driver, so you will also need
to get the Adobe driver to support Windows 95, 98, and Me clients.
Once you have extracted the driver files, copy them to the
/usr/share/cups/drivers directory exactly as named below:
[Windows 2000 and higher]
cups6.inf (from www.cups.org)
cups6.ini (from www.cups.org)
cupsps6.dll (from www.cups.org)
cupsui6.dll (from www.cups.org)
ps5ui.dll (from your Windows system)
pscript.hlp (from your Windows system)
pscript.ntf (from your Windows system)
pscript5.dll (from your Windows system)
Note: Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that you use the
lowercase filenames shown above, otherwise cupsaddsmb will fail to
export the drivers.
ADOBE POSTSCRIPT DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS 95, 98, AND ME
cupsaddsmb can use the Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows 95,
98, and ME, which are available for download from the Adobe web site
(http://www.adobe.com).
The Adobe driver does not support the page-label, job-billing, or job-
hold-until options.
Once you have installed the driver on a Windows system, copy the fol-
lowing files to the /usr/share/cups/drivers directory exactly as named
below:
[Windows 95, 98, and Me]
ADFONTS.MFM
ADOBEPS4.DRV
ADOBEPS4.HLP
ICONLIB.DLL
PSMON.DLL
Note: Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that you use the
UPPERCASE filenames shown above, otherwise cupsaddsmb will fail to
export the drivers.
SEE ALSO
smbd(8), smb.conf(5), http://localhost:631/help
http://www.cups.org/windows/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.
13 June 2006 Common UNIX Printing System cupsaddsmb(8)
