[cups.general] authentication to shared printer

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Aug 15 09:06 Amy Tanner wrote (shortened):
> I have a printer directly connected to a Windows machine.
> When we try test print to it from the cups print server,
> there's an error message on the Windows machine something
> like 'cupsadmin invalid username/password'.
....
> > cups 1.1.23
> SuSE Enterprise Server 10

Have a look at
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printing_via_SMB_%28Samba%29_Share_or_Windows_Share
Note that special characters in username or password
(like / : @ or spaces) cause trouble e.g. when they conflict
with reserved delimiter characters in the DeviceURI.


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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