Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Share Ubuntu Printer with Windows

Install Samba and smbfs
          sudo apt-get install samba smbfs

after installation of samba and smbfs open smb.conf
          sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

find the section
########## Printing ##########


find below lines and do changes as below

# CUPS printing.  See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
# cupsys-client package.
    printing = cups
    printcap name = cups

    security = share

after doing above changes now make changes in [printers] section with

          browsable = yes
          guest ok = yes

Save the file and restart the service of samba. Now, go to windows and find the printer.


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