To add printer which is accessed using the SMB protocol, click the
Add button in the main
printconf window. The window shown in Figure 13-2 will appear. Enter a unique name for the
printer in the Queue Name text field. This can be
any descriptive name for your printer. You can also create any alias
names for the printer by clicking the Add button
beside the Aliases list. Refer to the section called Creating Printer Aliases for more information about aliases. The
printer name and aliases cannot contain spaces and must begin with a
letter a through z or A through Z. The valid characters are a through z,
A through Z, 0 through 9, -, and _.
Click Queue Type from the left side menu and choose
from the
menu. If the printer is attached to a
Microsoft Windows system, choose this queue type.
Text fields for the following options appear below the menu as shown in Figure 13-5:
Share — The name of the shared printer
on which you want to print. This name must be the same name
defined as the Samba printer on the remote Windows machine. Notice
the syntax of //machinename/sharename.
User — The name of the user you must
login as to access the printer. This user must exist on the
Windows system, and the user must have permission to access the
printer. The user name is typically guest
for Windows servers, or nobody for
Samba servers.
Host IP — The hostname or IP address of
the remote system that is sharing the SMB printer.
Password — The password (if required)
for the user specified in the User field.
Workgroup — The name of the workgroup
on the machine running Samba.
Click the Translate \n => \r\n button to
translate the end of line characters to a form that is readable by a
Microsoft Windows system.
Next, select the type of printer that is connected to the remote SMB
system from the left side list by clicking Printer
Driver from the left side menu. After choosing the
manufacturer and model number of the printer, a list of drivers will
appear. If there is more than one driver for the printer, choose the
preferred driver in the Printer Driver list. If you
are not sure which one to use, do not change this value. Click the
Printer Notes button to view notes about the
printer driver from the Linux Printing Database. Click
OK.
Click Driver Options from the left side menu after
selecting a printer driver. These options will vary depending on the
printer driver that you selected. Typical options include paper size,
print quality, and printer resolution.
Click the Apply button in the main window to save
your changes to the /etc/printcap configuration
file and restart the printer daemon (lpd). After
applying the changes, print a test page to ensure the configuration is
correct. Refer to the section called Printing a Test Page for details.
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| | If you require a username and password for an SMB (LAN Manager) or NCP
(NetWare) print queue, they are stored unencrypted in a local script,
Thus, it is possible for another person to learn the username and
password. To avoid this, the username and password to use the printer
should be different from the username and password used for the user's
account on the local Red Hat Linux system. If they are different, then the
only possible security compromise would be unauthorized use of the
printer. If there are file shares from the SMB server, it is
recommended that they also use a different password than the one for
the print queue.
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