Adding a Samba (SMB) Printer
To add a printer which is accessed using the SMB protocol (such as a
printer attached to a Microsoft Windows system) click the
New button in the main
Printer Configuration Tool window. The window shown in Figure 26-2 will appear. Click Next
to proceed.
You will see the screen shown in Figure 26-7. Enter
a unique name for the printer in the Queue Name
text field. The printer name 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 _.
Select Windows Printer from the Queue
Type menu, and click Next. If the
printer is attached to a Microsoft Windows system, choose this queue
type.
Text fields for the following options appear as shown in Figure 26-8:
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
log in as to access the printer. This user must exist on the
Windows system, and the user must have permission to access the
printer. The default 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.
Click Next to continue.
The next step is to select the type of printer that is connected to the
remote SMB system. Skip to the Section called Selecting the Print Driver and Finishing to
continue.
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queue, they are stored unencrypted in the spool directory, which only
root or lp may read. Thus, it is possible for others to learn the
username and password if they have root access. To avoid this, the
username and password to access 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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