I was examining a sample smb.conf file and noticed the following: - [myprinter] comment = My Printer valid users = me path = /home/me printer = my_printer public = no printable = yes I assume this allows you to place spool data into a directory. My question is how do you print this data once it is there? I would appreciate any thoughts that anyone has on this subject. David Willmor IT Services Hayes School
On 28-Jul-2000 David Willmor wrote:
I was examining a sample smb.conf file and noticed the following: -
[myprinter] comment = My Printer valid users = me path = /home/me printer = my_printer public = no printable = yes
I assume this allows you to place spool data into a directory. My question is how do you print this data once it is there?
Yes, this setting allows Samba to export a printer share. And Samba will connect that share to a printer. The 'printer' parameter should be set to the name of a printer as defined in your /etc/printcap. Alternatively, you can define 'load printers' as 'yes' and configure a [printers] section in your smb.conf. This will scan your /etc/printcap and make a printer share for each printer it finds there. Printer queue information is available to Win clients as normal - Samba runs the relevant Unix print queue tools and extracts the info from them. The Win clients will need the appropriate printer driver installed. I believe it is possible to set up Samba to share the driver in a format that allows certainly NT to load it automagically, but I've never done that. There's more in the Printing.txt document in the Samba documentation. -- Jim Hague - jim.hague@insignia.com (Work), jim@bear-cave.org.uk (Play) Never trust a computer you can't lift.
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