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

       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 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.

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 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.

       However, currently 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
           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.

ADOBE POSTSCRIPT DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS 95, 98, AND ME

       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:

           [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 cupsaddsmb will fail to export the drivers.

KNOWN ISSUES

       Getting the full set of Windows driver files should be easier.

SEE ALSO

       smbd(8), smb.conf(5), http://localhost:631/help

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.