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>Sharing Printers With Windows PCs</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Printing To Windows PCs"
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HREF="printing_to_windows.html"><LINK
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>Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO</TH
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NAME="sharing_with_windows"
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>4. Sharing Printers With Windows PCs</H1
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NAME="sharing_basics"
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>4.1. Sharing Basics</H2
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><A
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NAME="printshare"
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><P
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><B
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>Figure 3. Printer Sharing</B
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SRC="from_windows.png"></P
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><P
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> Samba uses <EM
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>nmbd</EM
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> and <EM
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>smbd</EM
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>
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daemons to share files and printers with Windows PCs.
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<EM
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>nmbd</EM
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> acts as a Windows naming service,
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broadcasting your computer's name to Windows PCs on the LAN.
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<EM
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>smbd</EM
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> accepts file and printer requests from
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Windows PCs <A
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HREF="sharing_with_windows.html#printshare"
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>Figure 3</A
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</P
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> You will need to download and install Windows printer drivers for
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each Linux printer you are sharing. Windows printer drivers can be
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found by searching the web site of your printer manufacturer.
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</P
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NAME="share_samba_config"
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>4.2. Samba Configuration</H2
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><P
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> If you are allowing anonymous access to your printer you will need
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to create a user account for remote print jobs:
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><PRE
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CLASS="programlisting"
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>/usr/sbin/adduser --system --disabled-password smbprint
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</PRE
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>
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> This command adds a user called <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"smbprint"</SPAN
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> to your system. Make
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sure there is enough disk space in <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>/home/smbprint</TT
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>, the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"smbprint"</SPAN
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> user's home directory, to spool files. Check
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that the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"smbprint"</SPAN
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> user does not have permission on your
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system to read or modify sensitive files and directories. If you have
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configured CUPS to restrict printing to certain users on your system,
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you must allow the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"smbprint"</SPAN
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> user to access printers you
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want to share.
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</P
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><P
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> The Samba configuration file is <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>/etc/samba/smb.conf</TT
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>.
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The following is an example configuration file set up to use CUPS with
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the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"smbprint"</SPAN
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> user:
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CLASS="programlisting"
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>[global]
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printcap name = cups
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printing = cups
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security = share
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[printers]
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browseable = yes
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printable = yes
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public = yes
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create mode = 0700
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guest only = yes
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use client driver = yes
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guest account = smbprint
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path = /home/smbprint
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</PRE
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</P
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> Please note that this configuration will allow printing by anyone
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that can make a network connection to your computer and is
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not recommended for computers on untrusted networks, such as
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computers with direct Internet connections. If you need to
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implement access control, set <EM
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>security = user</EM
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> or
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<EM
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>security = domain</EM
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and read the Samba man pages for further information.
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</P
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> Once you have added the above settings to your Samba configuration
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file you must restart Samba with the command:
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>/etc/init.d/samba restart
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>4.3. CUPS Configuration</H2
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> Windows printer drivers format their output for the printer before
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sending it across the network. You must configure CUPS to accept
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the pre-formatted output by uncommenting the following line from
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<TT
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>/etc/cups/mime.convs</TT
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>application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
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> Also uncomment the following line from
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>/etc/cups/mime.types</TT
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> Now CUPS must be told to allow connections from other machines on
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the network. Add these lines to <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</TT
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>:
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><Location /printers>
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AuthType None
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Order Deny,Allow
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Deny From None
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Allow From All
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</Location>
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As in the Samba configuration, this configuration allows any computer
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to connect to your printers and is not recommended for computers on
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untrusted networks. For information about tightening access control
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to your printers, see the <TT
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>cupsd.conf</TT
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> man page
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and the CUPS documentation.
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> Finally, restart cups with the following command:
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> Your Linux printers should now be shared to Windows PCs on the LAN.
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Follow the usual steps for adding a network printer to your Windows
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