[Cialug] cups/smb/windows printer followup

Kevin C. Smith kevin at linuxsmith.com
Fri Sep 23 10:00:12 CDT 2005


Followup on the meeting topic.

Ken: Try setting the username to "guest" with a blank password when printing
via smb to a Windows shared computer. That is how mine is working.

root at ubuntu:/etc/cups # cat printers.conf
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.23
# Written by cupsd on Fri 23 Sep 2005 09:14:38 AM CDT
<DefaultPrinter LaserJet-6P>
Info LaserJet-6P
DeviceURI smb://guest:@DSMIN01/HPLaserJet
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>

-- 
Kevin C. Smith



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