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

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