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11.2. Printing to a Windows or Samba printer

11.2. Printing to a Windows or Samba printer

There is a Printing to Windows mini-HOWTO out there which has more info than there is here.

11.2.1. From LPD

It is possible to direct a print queue through the smbclient program (part of the Samba suite) to a TCP/IP based SMB print service. Samba includes a script to do this called smbprint. In short, you put a configuration file for the specific printer in question in the spool directory, and install the smbprint script as theif.

The /etc/printcap entry goes like this:
lp|remote-smbprinter:\
    :sh:\
    :lp=/dev/null:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
    :if=/usr/local/sbin/smbprint:

You should read the documentation inside the smbprint script for more information on how to set this up.

You can also use smbclient to submit a file directly to an SMB printing service without involving lpd. See the man page.

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