[Samba] Question about printing

[Germ van Ek]

Hello Schorsch,

Yes, this is possible. You should not have to activate the Administrator account for this, nor use it. Windows UAC (User Account Control) is there for a good reason.

Most modern desktop oriented Linux distributions, such as OpenSuSE or Ubuntu, have GUI's for configuring network printers, they differ between distributions. In Ubuntu is a printer configuration tool that should auto-detect your printer if I'm correct, if not, maybe installing Bonjour on the Windows PC will be handy ( http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999?viewlocale=en_EN ). In OpenSuSE there are 2 printer tools. The one from Yast works better, but you'll have to open ports for Samba in the firewall first.

You should not have to mess with Samba or Cups configuration manually, assumed you're on a regular desktop distro. 

Best regards,
Gerben


-----Original Message-----
From: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org on behalf of Schorsch
Sent: Sat 13-10-2012 8:39
To: samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: [Samba] Question about printing
 
Hello all,

is it possible to print from a linux box to a printer, shared on a 
windows 7 box?

In Windows 7 the Administrator account is deactivated without a password 
in default.
Have i to enable the account?
Have i to set a password?

Thanks
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