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6 cupsaddsmb - export printers to samba for windows clients
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10 cupsaddsmb [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-password] ] [ -h
11 cups-server[:port] ] [ -v ] -a
12 cupsaddsmb [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-password] ] [ -h
13 cups-server[:port] ] [ -v ] printer [ ... printer ]
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17 cupsaddsmb exports printers to the SAMBA software (version 2.2.0 or
18 higher) for use with Windows clients. Depending on the SAMBA configura‐
19 tion, you may need to provide a password to export the printers. This
20 program requires the Windows printer driver files described below.
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24 cupsaddsmb supports the following options:
25 -H samba-server
27 Specifies the SAMBA server which defaults to the CUPS server.
28 -U samba-user[%samba-password]
30 Specifies the SAMBA print admin username which defaults to your
31 current username. If the username contains a percent (%) charac‐
32 ter, then the text following the percent is treated as the SAMBA
33 password to use.
34 -a
36 Exports all known printers. Otherwise only the named printers are
37 exported.
38 -h cups-server[:port]
40 Specifies a different CUPS server to use.
41 -v
43 Specifies that verbose information should be shown. This is useful
44 for debugging SAMBA configuration problems.
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48 cupsaddsmb uses the new RPC-based printing support in SAMBA 2.2.x to
49 provide printer drivers and PPD files to Windows client machines. In
50 order to use this functionality, you must first configure the SAMBA
51 smb.conf(5) file to support printing through CUPS and provide a printer
52 driver download share, as follows:
53 [global]
55 load printers = yes
56 printing = cups
57 printcap name = cups
58 [printers]
60 comment = All Printers
61 path = /var/spool/samba
62 browseable = no
63 public = yes
64 guest ok = yes
65 writable = no
66 printable = yes
67 [print$]
69 comment = Printer Drivers
70 path = /etc/samba/drivers
71 browseable = yes
72 guest ok = no
73 read only = yes
74 write list = root
75 This configuration assumes a FHS-compliant installation of SAMBA;
77 adjust the [printers] and [print$] share paths accordingly on your sys‐
78 tem as needed.
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82 The base driver for Windows 2000 and higher is the Microsoft PostScript
83 driver, which is available on any system running Windows 2000 or higher
84 in the %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\W32X86\3 folder for 32-bit driv‐
85 ers and %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\X64\3 folder for 64-bit driv‐
86 ers.
87 The CUPS printer driver is preferred over the Microsoft driver since it
89 supports the page-label, job-billing, and job-hold-until options fully
90 on all printers. However, currently only Windows 2000 and higher is
91 supported by the Microsoft driver, so you will also need to get the
92 Adobe driver to support Windows 95, 98, and Me clients. The Adobe and
93 Microsoft drivers for Windows 2000 are identical.
94 Once you have extracted the driver files, copy the 32-bit drivers to
96 the /usr/share/cups/drivers directory and the 64-bit drivers to the
97 /usr/share/cups/drivers/x64 directory exactly as named below:
98 [Windows 2000 and higher]
100 ps5ui.dll
101 pscript.hlp
102 pscript.ntf
103 pscript5.dll
104 Note: Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that you use the
106 lowercase filenames shown above, otherwise cupsaddsmb will fail to
107 export the drivers.
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111 cupsaddsmb can use the CUPS v6 PostScript printer driver for Windows,
112 which is available for download from the CUPS web site.
113 The CUPS printer driver is preferred over the Adobe and Microsoft driv‐
115 ers since it supports the page-label, job-billing, and job-hold-until
116 options fully on all printers. However, currently only Windows 2000 and
117 higher is supported by the CUPS driver, so you will also need to get
118 the Adobe driver to support Windows 95, 98, and Me clients.
119 Once you have extracted the driver files, copy the 32-bit drivers to
121 the /usr/share/cups/drivers directory and the 64-bit drivers to the
122 /usr/share/cups/drivers/x64 directory exactly as named below:
123 [Windows 2000 and higher]
125 cups6.inf (from www.cups.org)
126 cups6.ini (from www.cups.org)
127 cupsps6.dll (from www.cups.org)
128 cupsui6.dll (from www.cups.org)
129 ps5ui.dll (from your Windows system)
130 pscript.hlp (from your Windows system)
131 pscript.ntf (from your Windows system)
132 pscript5.dll (from your Windows system)
133 Note: Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that you use the
135 lowercase filenames shown above, otherwise cupsaddsmb will fail to
136 export the drivers.
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140 cupsaddsmb can use the Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows 95,
141 98, and ME, which are available for download from the Adobe web site
142 (http://www.adobe.com).
143 The Adobe driver does not support the page-label, job-billing, or job-
145 hold-until options.
146 Once you have installed the driver on a Windows system, copy the fol‐
148 lowing files to the /usr/share/cups/drivers directory exactly as named
149 below:
150 [Windows 95, 98, and Me]
152 ADFONTS.MFM
153 ADOBEPS4.DRV
154 ADOBEPS4.HLP
155 ICONLIB.DLL
156 PSMON.DLL
157 Note: Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that you use the
159 UPPERCASE filenames shown above, otherwise cupsaddsmb will fail to
160 export the drivers.
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164 Getting the full set of Windows driver files should be easier.
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168 smbd(8), smb.conf(5), http://localhost:631/help
169 http://www.cups.org/windows/
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173 Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.
17425 July 2007 CUPS cupsaddsmb(8)