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¶
The
cupsaddsmb program exports printers to the SAMBA software (version
2.2.0 or higher) for use with Windows clients. Depending on the SAMBA
configuration, you may need to provide a password to export the printers. This
program requires the Windows printer driver files described below.
SAMBA CONFIGURATION¶
cupsaddsmb uses the RPC-based printing support in SAMBA 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
[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 system 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
%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\W32X86\3 folder for 32-bit drivers and
%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\X64\3 folder for 64-bit drivers.
Copy the 32-bit drivers to the
/usr/share/cups/drivers directory and the
64-bit drivers to the
/usr/share/cups/drivers/x64 directory exactly as
named below:
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.
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 (%) character, 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.
SEE ALSO¶
rpcclient(1),
smbclient(1),
smbd(8),
smb.conf(5),
CUPS Online Help (
http://localhost:631/help)
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2007-2016 by Apple Inc.