[ale] Re: Samba Printing

[John Trostel]

If you have the base smb.conf, you only need the following to allow
basic printing:

1. in the [global] section of smb.conf, make sure you have

   printcap name = /etc/printcap
   load printers = yes

2. in the [printers] section of smb.conf, I have

# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
   public = yes
   guest ok = yes
   writable = no
   printable = yes

which allows _everyone_ to print to my printers	

Pete Hardie wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Does anyone have a link to a good tutorial about setting up Samba for 
> printing?  I have Googled, but the number of matches is too big, and 
> most are a little too generic for my problem - setting up a Samba 
> server to allow an XP box to print on a printer attached to my RH8.0
box.
>
> TIA,
>

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John M. Trostel
Atlanta, Georgia USA
jtrostel at mindspring.com
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