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

[stephen mulcahy]

Hi,

I (unsuccessfully) tried to set this up about 12 months ago. To get the
printer drivers I downloaded them from the printer vendor, extracted the
downloaded driver package (or ran it to install them) and then copied
the resulting files to the server. This seemed to work ok but I tripped
over permissions problems (possibly because at the time the print server
wasn't functioning as a pdc).

Not sure if that helps though.

-stephen

schönfeld / in-medias-res.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for the reply. But i cannot imagine that this could solve my
> problem. Cause the main problem is: How do i get the right drivers
> uploaded to my samba server (download does work, if it does have
> drivers, printing aswell).
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Paul McGrath wrote:
>> 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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