On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Mark Knecht <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Willie, > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Willie Wong <[email protected]> wrote: >> (Sorry if this one is a dupe... my SSH connection went kaplui and I >> wasn't quite sure whether the mail got sent) >> >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 01:04:25PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >>> I'm looking around for up to date instructions/wikis/howtos on how >>> to set up Samba on my CUPS server to allow me to print from Windows. >> >> Why SAMBA? >> >> I've recently set up printing for a small home network following this >> guide: http://www.owlfish.com/thoughts/winipp-cups-2003-07-20.html >> >> Basically you just need >> >> 1) Correct permissions in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf >> a) You need the line "Port 631" to allow remote access >> b) Maybe (I am not sure about this one) you need "Browsing On" >> to allow sharing? >> c) You need the section for "<Location />" to have "Allow From >> 192.168.0.*" or whatever netmask you use. >> 2) Either >> a) A working printer that you can print locally from the cups >> server via "lpr -P<NAME>". In this case you can just tell >> the Windows computers to print to >> http://<cups server ip>:631/printers/<NAME> >> using a generic postscript driver. > > Is this true for non-postscript printers? If so it's a great solution. > > I can get to the printers page on the server's Cups' GUI: > > http://192.168.1.59:631/printers > > It gives me a long, ugly descriptive name for the printer so I tried: > > lpr -P HP_PSC_1600_series_USB_1 optimize_mythdb.sh > > which did print correctly so I'm good to go so far. > > >> or >> b) A working printer for which you have the Windows drivers. You > > The Windows driver for this printer does not support network printing > so I don't think this is an option. > > >> need to then setup a raw queue (basically a print queue that >> does not have a cups driver associated to it so the Windows >> boxes can directly send commands to the printer). You tell >> the Windows computers to print to >> http://<cups server ip>:631/printers/<RAW queue name> >> using the Windows drivers for the printer. >> > > OK, so I'm not clear what the <RAW queue name> is. I see it discussed > in the link you pointed us at but that was using some Fedora GUI app. > Is this something you set up by hand in your cupsd.conf or > printers.conf file? > > I'm curious whether Cups can accept postscript printing info coming > across the network from the Windows box and then format it for my HP > printer? I'm thinking you're saying it can if I get this RAW queue set > up? > > My printer is available on my network already. All the Linux boxes can > see it and print fine so it's shared. Howfully it doesn't need to be > 'more' shared to make this work. > > Off to Google for more answers. The first few I found were your link > as well as a few people asking how to set a RAW queue up! > > Thanks, > Mark
If this non-samba setup can enable the raw print port, as it seems, then you actually set it up in windows as a LOCAL printer, and create a new port which points at the IP address of the printer. So it is printing "locally" to the remote IP address. Paul
