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Enter a name and description for the printer, then continue. Because of the tiny amount of tweaking we did, you should have the option “Windows printer via SAMBA” as an option under the Device pull-down menu. Select this, then for the device uri, specify something along the lines of the following example:
Why does Samba need to send print jobs?
Because Samba sends print jobs to the Unix printing system for spooling, there might be a number of jobs in the queue at any given time. Consequently, Samba needs to communicate to the client not only the status of the current printing job, but also which documents are waiting to be printed on that printer.
How does printcap = cups work in samba?
When Samba is compiled and linked with libcups, printcap = cups uses the CUPS API to list printers, submit jobs, query queues, and so on. Otherwise it maps to the System V commands with an additional -oraw option for printing.
How to print on Samba using sysvparameter?
With the printing=SYSVparameter, we notify Samba that the local printing system uses the System V Unix method. As mentioned earlier, the %pvariable resolves to the name of the printer, while the %svariable resolves to the name of the file. Clients might need to request the status of a print job sent to the Samba server.
Can a Samba server forward a print job to a remote host?
Samba cannot forward print jobs to a remote host. However, you can configure the local printer server back end to forward the job to a remote print server. For details how to set up the back end, see the print server’s documentation. When using the CUPS or IPRINT print server back end, Samba must have been built with CUPS support enabled.
What is the use of Samba in Ubuntu?
Another common use of Samba is to configure it to share printers installed, either locally or over the network, on an Ubuntu server. Similar to File Server this section will configure Samba to allow any client on the local network to use the installed printers without prompting for a username and password.
“administrator” is the username authorized to use the shared printer on the Windows machine, and “password” is where you would enter the password associated with this username. “nlitened-one” is the computer name of the Windows machine, and “canon” is the shared name of the printer. What if you don’t have all of this information?