To add a printer which is accessed using the SMB protocol (such
as a printer attached to a Microsoft Windows system), click the
New button in the main Printer Configuration Tool window. The window
shown in Figure
34-2 appears. Click Forward to
proceed.
In the window shown in Figure 34-3, enter
a unique name for the printer in the Name
text field. The printer name cannot contain spaces and must begin
with a letter. The printer name may contain letters, numbers,
dashes (-), and underscores (_). Optionally, enter a short
description for the printer, which can contain spaces.
Select Networked Windows (SMB) from the
Select a queue type menu, and click
Forward. If the printer is attached to a
Microsoft Windows system, choose this queue type.
As shown in Figure 34-7,
SMB shares are automatically detected and listed. Click the arrow
beside each share name to expand the list. From the expanded list,
select a printer.
If the printer you are looking for does not appear in the list,
click the Specify button on the right.
Text fields for the following options appear:
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Workgroup — The name of the Samba
workgroup for the shared printer.
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Server — The name of the server
sharing the printer.
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Share — The name of the shared
printer on which you want to print. This name must be the same name
defined as the Samba printer on the remote Windows machine.
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User name — The name of the user
you must log in as to access the printer. This user must exist on
the Windows system, and the user must have permission to access the
printer. The default user name is typically guest for Windows servers, or nobody for Samba servers.
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Password — The password (if
required) for the user specified in the User
name field.
Click Forward to continue. The
Printer Configuration Tool then attempts
to connect to the shared printer. If the shared printer requires a
username and password, a dialog window appears prompting you to
provide a valid username and password for the shared printer. If an
incorrect share name is specified, you can change it here as well.
If a workgroup name is required to connect to the share, it can be
specified in this dialog box. This dialog window is the same as the
one shown when the Specify button is
clicked.
Next, select the printer type. Refer to Section 34.7 Selecting the
Printer Model and Finishing for details.
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If you require a username and password, they are stored
unencrypted in files only readable by root and lpd. Thus, it is
possible for others to learn the username and password if they have
root access. To avoid this, the username and password to access the
printer should be different from the username and password used for
the user's account on the local Red Hat Enterprise Linux system. If
they are different, then the only possible security compromise
would be unauthorized use of the printer. If there are file shares
from the server, it is recommended that they also use a different
password than the one for the print queue.
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