[Samba] Howto setup printing with Windows XP Clients, Cups and samba..

[Paul McGrath]

In my smb.conf file I have additional lines lines in 

[global]
...
load printers = yes
printing = cups

[printers]
...
public = yes
writable = no

[print$]
...
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes

Try adding some of these
Regards
Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "schönfeld / in-medias-res.com" 
> [mailto:schoenfeld at in-medias-res.com] 
> Sent: Thursday 08 February 2007 10:02
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Howto setup printing with Windows XP 
> Clients, Cups and samba..
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> slowly but sure I'm getting absolutely insane with the 
> printer setup on a Samba PDC. I got Cups to work. It works 
> like a charm if someone installs a printer via the cups 
> interface. It also prints in a good quality. On Samba side I 
> even have those "Printers and fax devices" in the visible 
> shares. And if i install CUPS6 Drivers manual on the target 
> system i can even print on the printers in there. Everything good.
> But how do i get drivers uploaded to my samba, so that it 
> works to download them automatically on the clients. And 
> which drivers should i take? I've tried to add the cups 
> drivers with cupsaddsmb, but that fails because this util is 
> searching for adobe postscript drivers. I then tried to 
> install the adobe postscript drivers, but it's hard to find a 
> package which can be extracted just like it is and it is even 
> harder to find out what these damn .exe does install.
> 
> Then: I searched those files, that cupsaddsmb is accessing on 
> a windows xp system and installed them to cupsaddsmb's source 
> folder. That worked for running it successful. I'm also able 
> to connect windows xp printers,
>   but printing is a catastrophe. It's like someone has thrown 
> the letters in a random order on the paper.
> 
> I also tried to install drivers by usage of the (Domain-) 
> Administrator account on a windows xp system, but i keep 
> getting messages that i do not have the permission to do so :-(
> 
> What do i do wrong?
> 
> See testparm output below.
> 
> Greets and Thanks in advance
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing 
> section "[netlogon]"
> Processing section "[profiles]"
> Processing section "[Temp]"
> Processing section "[Privat]"
> Processing section "[Archiv]"
> Processing section "[firma.in-medias-res]"
> Processing section "[firma.rotas]"
> Processing section "[firma.mcity]"
> Processing section "[firma.returnit]"
> Processing section "[install]"
> Processing section "[printers]"
> WARNING: The "printer admin" option is deprecated Processing 
> section "[print$]"
> Loaded services file OK.
> WARNING: You have some share names that are longer than 12 characters.
> These may not be accessible to some older clients.
> (Eg. Windows9x, WindowsMe, and smbclient prior to Samba 3.0.) 
> Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC Press enter to see a dump of 
> your service definitions
> 
> [global]
>         workgroup = IMR
>         server string = majestix
>         passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://127.0.0.1
>         log level = 3
>         printcap name = CUPS
>         cups server = 192.168.2.120
>         show add printer wizard = No
>         add user script = /usr/bin/ldapadduser '%u' sambausers
>         rename user script = /usr/bin/ldaprenameuser '%uold' '%unew'
>         delete user script = /usr/bin/ldapdeleteuser '%u'
>         add group script = /usr/bin/ldapaddgroup '%g'
>         delete group script = /usr/bin/ldapdeletegroup '%g'
>         add user to group script = 
> /usr/bin/ldapaddusertogroup '%u' '%g'
>         delete user from group script = 
> /usr/bin/ldapdeleteuserfromgroup '%u' '%g'
>         set primary group script = 
> /usr/bin/ldapsetprimarygroup '%u' '%g'
>         add machine script = /usr/bin/ldapaddmachine '%u' 
> sambamachines
>         logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
>         logon drive = J:
>         domain logons = Yes
>         os level = 255
>         wins support = Yes
>         ldap admin dn = cn=admin,dc=intra,dc=in-medias-res,dc=com
>         ldap group suffix = ou=groups
>         ldap machine suffix = ou=hosts
>         ldap passwd sync = Yes
>         ldap suffix = dc=intra,dc=in-medias-res,dc=com
>         ldap ssl = no
>         ldap user suffix = ou=users
> 
> [netlogon]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/netlogon
>         read only = No
> 
> [profiles]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/Profiles
>         valid users = %U, "@Domain Admins"
>         force user = %U
>         read only = No
>         guest ok = Yes
>         profile acls = Yes
>         browseable = No
>         csc policy = disable
>         root preexec = /opt/domain/bin/create_profile.sh '%u'
> 
> [Temp]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/Temp
>         read only = No
> 
> [Privat]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/Home
>         read only = No
> 
> [Archiv]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/archiv
>         read only = No
> 
> [firma.in-medias-res]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/firma.in-medias-res
>         read only = No
> 
> [firma.rotas]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/firma.rotas
>         read only = No
> 
> [firma.mcity]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/firma.mcity
>         read only = No
> 
> [firma.returnit]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/firma.returnit
>         read only = No
> 
> [install]
>         path = /mnt/srv/data/firma.returnit
>         read only = No
> 
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         printer admin = Administrator, schoenfeld, root
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         browseable = No
> 
> [print$]
>         comment = Printer Drivers
>         path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
>         write list = root, schoenfeld, Administrator
> 
> 
> 
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