
Security = share # <-Change "share" to "user" for running the cupsaddsmb # Server string = lan file and printer server To edit it, use the following command in your terminal screen prompt: gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf Open your SAMBA configuration file smb.conf, in Ubuntu it is located under /etc/samba/smb.comf. Sudo chmod -R g+w /var/lib/samba/printers/*
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Set privileges to the Windows drivers directory at the CUPS server by issuing the following commands at your shell prompt: sudo chown -R root:root /var/lib/samba/printers/* So go to your shell prompt and issue the following commands: smbpasswd -a rootĬreate samba spool directory with full permissions by issuing the command: mkdir -m 777 /var/spool/samba Log in to your Linux server as “ root”, (in Ubuntu you have to enable the root account)Ĭreate a SAMBA user, this user must match a user that already exist on Linux, we are going to choose root.

The following picture shows how the directory should look like in your CUPS server. This will create 4 files in your /usr/share/cups/drivers directory. Get inside the folder with your terminal screen and run: sudo make intall
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Go to the CUPS software download page and download the file, this file contains the CUPS printer drivers for Windows.

You must convert every single letter in their filename to lowercase.

Go into any Windows machine that has postscript printer drivers installed and enter the following directory: c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3Ĭopy the following files to the /usr/share/cups/drivers directory in your CUPS server: PS5UI.DLLĪs you can see the files are all uppercase. Copy PostScript Drivers from Windows to CUPS Server
