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NAME

   cupsaddsmb - export printers to samba for windows clients

SYNOPSIS

   cupsaddsmb  [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-password] ] [ -h
   cups-server[:port] ] [ -v ] -a
   cupsaddsmb [ -H samba-server ] [ -U samba-user[%samba-password] ] [  -h
   cups-server[:port] ] [ -v ] printer [ ...  printer ]

DESCRIPTION

   The  cupsaddsmb program exports printers to the SAMBA software (version
   2.2.0 or higher) for use with Windows clients.  Depending on the  SAMBA
   configuration,  you  may  need  to  provide  a  password  to export the
   printers.  This program  requires  the  Windows  printer  driver  files
   described below.

   SAMBA CONFIGURATION
   cupsaddsmb  uses  the  RPC-based  printing  support in SAMBA to provide
   printer drivers and PPD files to Windows client machines.  In order  to
   use  this functionality, you must first configure the SAMBA smb.conf(5)
   file to support printing through CUPS  and  provide  a  printer  driver
   download share, as follows:

       [global]
        load printers = yes
        printing = cups
        printcap name = cups

       [printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        browseable = no
        public = yes
        guest ok = yes
        writable = no
        printable = yes

       [print$]
        comment = Printer Drivers
        path = /etc/samba/drivers
        browseable = yes
        guest ok = no
        read only = yes
        write list = root

   This  configuration  assumes  a  FHS-compliant  installation  of SAMBA;
   adjust the [printers] and [print$]  share  paths  accordingly  on  your
   system as needed.

   MICROSOFT POSTSCRIPT DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS
   The base driver for Windows 2000 and higher is the Microsoft PostScript
   driver, which is available on any system running Windows 2000 or higher
   in   the  %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\W32X86\3  folder  for  32-bit
   drivers and  %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\X64\3  folder  for  64-bit
   drivers.

   Copy  the  32-bit  drivers to the /usr/share/cups/drivers directory and
   the 64-bit drivers to the /usr/share/cups/drivers/x64 directory exactly
   as named below:

       ps5ui.dll
       pscript.hlp
       pscript.ntf
       pscript5.dll

   Note:  Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that you use the
   lowercase filenames shown above,  otherwise  cupsaddsmb  will  fail  to
   export the drivers.

OPTIONS

   cupsaddsmb supports the following options:

   -H samba-server
        Specifies the SAMBA server which defaults to the CUPS server.

   -U samba-user[%samba-password]
        Specifies  the  SAMBA  print admin username which defaults to your
        current  username.   If  the  username  contains  a  percent   (%)
        character,  then  the text following the percent is treated as the
        SAMBA password to use.

   -a   Exports all known printers.  Otherwise only the named printers are
        exported.

   -h cups-server[:port]
        Specifies a different CUPS server to use.

   -v   Specifies  that  verbose  information  should  be  shown.  This is
        useful for debugging SAMBA configuration problems.

SEE ALSO

   rpcclient(1), smbclient(1),  smbd(8),  smb.conf(5),  CUPS  Online  Help
   (http://localhost:631/help)

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright  2007-2016 by Apple Inc.



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