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-.\" "$Id: cupsaddsmb.man.in 5099 2006-02-13 02:46:10Z mike $"
+.\" "$Id: cupsaddsmb.man.in 181 2006-06-22 20:01:18Z jlovell $"
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.\" cupsaddsmb man page for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
.\"
.\" EMail: cups-info@cups.org
.\" WWW: http://www.cups.org
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-.TH cupsaddsmb 8 "Common UNIX Printing System" "12 February 2006" "Easy Software Products"
+.TH cupsaddsmb 8 "Common UNIX Printing System" "13 June 2006" "Easy Software Products"
.SH NAME
cupsaddsmb \- export printers to samba for windows clients
+
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cupsaddsmb
[ -H
] [ -h
.I cups-server[:port]
] [ -v ] printer [ ... printer ]
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIcupsaddsmb\fR exports printers to the SAMBA software (version
2.2.0 or higher) for use with Windows clients. Depending on the
SAMBA configuration, you may need to provide a password to
export the printers. This program requires the Windows printer
driver files described below.
+
.SH OPTIONS
\fIcupsaddsmb\fR supports the following options:
.TP 5
exported.
.TP 5
-h cups-server[:port]
+.br
Specifies a different CUPS server to use.
.TP 5
-v
+.br
Specifies that verbose information should be shown. This is
useful for debugging SAMBA configuration problems.
+
.SH SAMBA CONFIGURATION
\fIcupsaddsmb\fR uses the new RPC-based printing support in
SAMBA 2.2.x to provide printer drivers and PPD files to Windows
pscript.ntf
pscript5.dll
.fi
+.LP
+\fBNote:\fR Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that
+you use the lowercase filenames shown above, otherwise
+\fIcupsaddsmb\fR will fail to export the drivers.
.SH CUPS POSTSCRIPT DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS
\fIcupsaddsmb\fR can use the CUPS v6 PostScript printer driver
.nf
[Windows 2000 and higher]
- cups6.ini
- cupsui6.dll
- cupsdrv6.dll
- ps5ui.dll
- pscript.hlp
- pscript.ntf
- pscript5.dll
+ cups6.inf (from www.cups.org)
+ cups6.ini (from www.cups.org)
+ cupsps6.dll (from www.cups.org)
+ cupsui6.dll (from www.cups.org)
+ ps5ui.dll (from your Windows system)
+ pscript.hlp (from your Windows system)
+ pscript.ntf (from your Windows system)
+ pscript5.dll (from your Windows system)
.fi
+.LP
+\fBNote:\fR Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that
+you use the lowercase filenames shown above, otherwise
+\fIcupsaddsmb\fR will fail to export the drivers.
.SH ADOBE POSTSCRIPT DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS 95, 98, AND ME
\fIcupsaddsmb\fR can use the Adobe PostScript printer driver for
The Adobe driver does not support the page-label, job-billing, or
job-hold-until options.
.LP
-Once you have extracted the driver files, copy them to the
-\fI@CUPS_DATADIR@/drivers\fR directory exactly as named below:
+Once you have installed the driver on a Windows system, copy the
+following files to the \fI@CUPS_DATADIR@/drivers\fR directory
+exactly as named below:
.nf
[Windows 95, 98, and Me]
ICONLIB.DLL
PSMON.DLL
.fi
+.LP
+\fBNote:\fR Unlike Windows, case is significant - make sure that
+you use the UPPERCASE filenames shown above, otherwise
+\fIcupsaddsmb\fR will fail to export the drivers.
+
.SH SEE ALSO
\fIsmbd(8)\fR, \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR,
http://localhost:631/help
.br
http://www.cups.org/windows/
+
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.
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-.\" End of "$Id: cupsaddsmb.man.in 5099 2006-02-13 02:46:10Z mike $".
+.\" End of "$Id: cupsaddsmb.man.in 181 2006-06-22 20:01:18Z jlovell $".
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