cupsaddsmb
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Name
cupsaddsmb - export printers to samba for windows clients
Synopsis
cupsaddsmb [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-pass-
word] ] [ -h cups-server[:port] ] [ -v ] -a
cupsaddsmb [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-pass-
word] ] [ -h cups-server[:port] ] [ -v ] printer [ ...
printer ]
Description
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NAME
cupsaddsmb - export printers to samba for windows clients
SYNOPSIS
cupsaddsmb [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-pass-
word] ] [ -h cups-server[:port] ] [ -v ] -a
cupsaddsmb [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-pass-
word] ] [ -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 configuration, 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 (%) character, then the text following the per-
cent 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 prob-
lems.
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
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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\DRIV-
ERS\W32X86\3 folder for 32-bit drivers and %WINDIR%\SYS-
TEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\X64\3 folder for 64-bit drivers.
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, cur-
rently 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 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:
[Windows 2000 and higher]
ps5ui.dll
pscript.hlp
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pscript.ntf
pscript5.dll
Note: Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that
you use the lowercase filenames shown above, otherwise cup-
saddsmb 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 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:
[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 cup-
saddsmb will fail to export the drivers.
ADOBE POSTSCRIPT DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS 95,
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 following files to the /usr/share/cups/drivers directory
exactly as named below:
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[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 cup-
saddsmb will fail to export the drivers.
KNOWN ISSUES
Getting the full set of Windows driver files should be eas-
ier.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | print/cups |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
smbd(8), smb.conf(5), http://localhost:631/help
http://www.cups.org/windows/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://ftp.easysw.com/pub/cups/1.4.5/cups-1.4.5-source.tar.bz2
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.cups.org/.
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