[Samba] samba server does not list shares of type Pritner

Shirish Pargaonkar shirishpargaonkar at gmail.com
Thu Mar 29 15:58:06 MDT 2012


On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Chris Smith <smb_77 at chrissmith.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Shirish Pargaonkar
> <shirishpargaonkar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>        printcap name = /etc/printcap
>>        #obtain list of printers automatically on SystemV
>> ;       printcap name = lpstat
>>        printing = cups
>
> Have you tried:
>
> printcap name = cups

Chris, yes, that works. Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Shirish
>
> ?
>
> I use it with success.
>
> From man smb.conf:
> ================================
> To use the CUPS printing interface set printcap name = cups. This
> should be supplemented
> by an addtional setting printing = cups in the [global] section.
> ================================
>
> Also check with testparm that your config is what you expect.
>
> Chris


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