Changes between Version 62 and Version 63 of public/FAQ


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11 Dec 2017 09:53:24 (8 years ago)
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twalzer
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    66The Samba CUPS back-end is enabled by default, if for any reason it is not activate it by entering the following command and restarting CUPS.
    7 <tt># ln -s $(which smbspool) /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb</tt>
     7//italic//**bold**# ln -s $(which smbspool) /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb
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    99Next, simply log in on the CUPS web interface and choose to add a new printer. As a device choose "Windows Printer via SAMBA".
    1010For the device location, enter:
    11 <tt>smb://username:password@hostname/printer_name</tt>
     11//italic//**bold**smb://username:password@hostname/printer_name</tt>
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    1313Or without a password:
    14 <tt>smb://username@hostname/printer_name</tt>
     14//italic//**bold**smb://username@hostname/printer_name</tt>
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    1616Make sure that the user actually has access to the printer on the Windows computer and select the appropriate drivers. If the computer is located on a domain, make sure the URI includes the domain:
    17 <tt>smb://username:password@domain/hostname/printer_name</tt>
     17//italic//**bold**smb://username:password@domain/hostname/printer_name</tt>
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