[cups] Linux->(Linux, Windows) printer sharing with drivers on the server

Ivan Shapovalov intelfx at intelfx.name
Thu May 19 01:35:11 PDT 2016


On 2016-05-19 at 10:24 +0200, Johannes Meixner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On May 19 05:52 Ivan Shapovalov wrote (excerpt):
> > Tips for configuring Linux->Windows sharing
> > are also welcome, with same requirements
> > (no special client drivers + automated configuration).
> 
> Perhaps
> https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printing_from_Windows_to_Linux
> might help you in particular regarding some
> general background information.
> 
> I don't know about "automated configuration"
> on Windows clients (I don't use Windows).

It looks like exporting the printer in samba and then providing a
generic postscript driver for windows via a [print$] share (both steps
described in cupsaddsmb(8) [1]) will do the job.

Thanks!

[1]: https://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-2.1/man-cupsaddsmb.html

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Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx /


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