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Nick and Michael, |
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Thanks for the information, I shall try it out tonight. |
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Cheers again |
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Ian |
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> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:55:51 +1200 |
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> Nick Rout wrote: |
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>> from |
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http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/VI.CUPS-Connections/VI.tutorial-handout-cups-connections.html>> |
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>> "The "smbspool" program is provided with SAMBA starting with SAMBA |
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>> 2.0.6. Once you have made the link [1] and restarted CUPS you can |
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>> configure your printers with one of the following device URIs: |
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>> smb://<workgroup>/<server>/<sharename> |
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>> smb://<server>/<sharename> |
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>> smb://<user>:<password>@<workgroup>/<server>/<sharename> |
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>> smb://<user>:<password>@<server>/<sharename>" |
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> Ooops I probably should have included this: |
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> "The workgroup name needs only to be specified if your system is using |
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> a different workgroup than the server. The "<user>:<password>" strings |
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> are required when printing to Windows NT/2000 servers or to shares with |
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> passwords enabled under Windows 95, 98, or XP. |
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> Note: The Samba client transmits the password in clear text! This makes |
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> printing to Samba servers insecure! (One only needs to enter "ps |
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> -auxwww | grep smb" during the job transmission to the Windows server |
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> to see the whole URI-string including the password...) It is therefore |
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> strongly recommended to either use a separate account only for printing |
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> on the Windows server (best without writable home directory). |
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> Otherwise, |
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> connect all printers to servers running GNU/Linux or Unix. |
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> The KDEPrint "Add Printer Wizard" has a comfortable facility for |
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> scanning the network for available printer shares on Windows (and |
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> Samba) servers." |
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> Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz> |
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