Samba allows client machines to share printers connected to the
Samba server, as well as send Linux documents to Windows printer
shares. Although there are other printing systems that function
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CUPS (Common UNIX Print System) is
the recommended printing system due to its close integration with
Samba.
The following example shows a very basic smb.conf configuration for CUPS support:
[global]
load printers = Yes
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba/print
printer = IBMInfoP
browseable = No
public = Yes
guest ok = Yes
writable = No
printable = Yes
printer admin = @ntadmins
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers Share
path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
write list = ed, john
printer admin = ed, john
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More complicated printing configurations are possible. To add
additional security and privacy for printing confidential
documents, users can have their own print spooler not located in a
public path. If a job fails, other users would not have access to
the file.
The print$ share contains printer
drivers for clients to access if not available locally. The
print$ share is optional and may not be
required depending on the organization.
Setting browseable to Yes enables the printer to be viewed in the Windows
Network Neighborhood, provided the Samba server is set up correctly
in the domain/workgroup.
