CSIM Technical Notes

Adding a printer to Samba

Add the new printer to Samba configuration

Edit the Samba configuration file smb.conf (usually located in /usr/local/etc/smb.conf) to add the new printer:

[sec PCL]
        comment = HP2200dn PCL in #123
        printer name = sec
        path = /tmp
        printable = Yes
        use client driver = No
        printer admin = on, sanjeet, adul, root
        default devmode = No

Upload the driver to Samba

The following works for Samba 3 and Windows XP only.

On a Windows XP machine, connect with and account that has Samba administrator privileges, in CSIM it should be "User Name: root" "Domain: SAMBA". Open Windows Explorer and go to the directory Printers and Faxes of the Samba server: \\banyan\Printers and Faxes

Right click on the background of Windows Explorer window and choose Server Properties from the contextual menu.

Select the tab Drivers and proceed to add a new drivers on the Samba server.

You will see that the files of the new driver are copied to \\banyan\print$\M32X86

On the Samba server, you can check that new files have been added to the directory defined in the path of the share print$. For Windows XP, the files are added in the subdirectory M32X86.

On the Samba server you can use the following command to get the list of installed drivers:

# rpcclient -U'root%******' -c 'enumdrivers' banyan

[Windows NT x86]
Printer Driver Info 1:
        Driver Name: [HP LaserJet P4010_P4510 Series PCL 6]

Printer Driver Info 1:
        Driver Name: [HP LaserJet 4300 PS]

Printer Driver Info 1:
        Driver Name: [HP LaserJet 4300 PCL 6]

Printer Driver Info 1:
        Driver Name: [HP Universal Printing PS]

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Assign a driver to the new printer

On the Samba server, use the following command to assign one driver to one printer:

# rpcclient -U'root%*****' -c 'setdriver sec\ PCL HP\ LaserJet\ 4300\ PCL\ 6' banyan
Successfully set sec PCL  to driver HP LaserJet 4300 PCL 6.
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Note that if the name of the printer of the name of the driver contains any space, they are escaped with \.

To see if a driver has been configured, use the command:

# rpcclient -U'root%*****' -c 'getdriver sec\ PCL' banyan
[...]
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It lists all the files corresponding to the driver or returns an error message.

Configure the driver for the printer

On a Windows XP machine, connect with Samba administrator account, in CSIM it should be "User Name: root" "Domain: SAMBA". Open Windows Explorer and go to the directory Printers and Faxes of the samba server:\\banyan\Printers and Faxes

Right click on the name of the printer and select "Properties".

Configure the tab "Device Settings" and "Advanced/Printing Defaults".

Add the pinter to the Windows clients

Use Add Printer Wizard.