Jack Downes wrote:
So, unless you are using windows 2k or older, is there really a point to
installing the printer via //server/hplj2200 ?
Scott, just curious. How many printers do you have? And how many
client machines are you serving these to?
Depending on your answer, then serving the queues off samba may be more
advantageous that sharing directly off CUPS.
Just use the windows[XP|Vista|7] printer wizard dialog and add a network
printer. At that point you can use the url which if the name is the
same, would be http://server:631/printers/hplj2200. If you are the only
one doing this, then it'll be fine. You'll need to have the drivers
handy though. And you can lock CUPS down via client IP, or client
username, or it can depend on SAMBA auth as well.
If you still want to use SAMBA for printing, take a look at groups. As
I recall you can specify which users & which groups can
read/write/see/whatever the printer much the same as you can for regular
shares. I think there's a PrinterAdmins group that you'll need to setup
if you want to push a driver to the printer.
Good luck!
Jack
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