SAW4/howto.md

Linux connect to Windows Printer through Samba

The first thing: Install and launch service

Install stuffs sudo pacman -S samba smbclient cups
Launch required services
sudo systemctl enable smbd nmbd winbindd //nmbd may not required, it used to resolve netbios name

Config your printer in CUPS

Go to localhost:631, enter remote printer the address
Your printer's address should look like smb://WORKGROUP/smb:password@SAMPC/HP%20Deskjet%201050%20J410%20series
format smb://{WORK_GROUP_NAME}/{print account}:{password}@{Remote server}/{printer name}

It should be okay, if not try next step:

Set printer address manually

You must stop the cups service first
sudo systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service
Edit the conf file
sudo vim /etc/cups/printers.conf
It should be looked like this:
<Printer HP-Deskjet-1050-All-in-One-Printer> UUID urn:uuid:e80e3a5f-cca2-3691-7b55-8c7059ba873a AuthInfoRequired username,password Info HP-Deskjet-1050-All-in-One-Printer Location SecretBase MakeModel HP Deskjet 1050 j410 Series hpijs, 3.17.6 DeviceURI smb://WORKGROUP/smb:password@SAMPC/HP%20Deskjet%201050%20J410%20series State Idle StateTime 1500012069 ConfigTime 1500012044 Type 8425484 Accepting Yes Shared No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer </Printer>

Other useful tools

smbtree -U {username}

Tips

Remeber that your remote printing server should not be suspended otherwise the connection will fail