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Microsoft use the SMB (Simple Message Block) protocol to transfer files and print jobs to hosts and printers. SMB can be used over TCP/IP, NetBEUI, IPX, and other lower level network protocols.
Unfortunately, most printers do not provide detailed status or error reports when using the SMB protocol. There are a very large number of printers that have deficient SMB support that causes problems when used in a high traffic or high throughput environment.
It is highly recommended that this protocol not be used unless there is no alternative.
If you have a printer or a remote print spooler that supports SMB You can use the SAMBA smbclient program to send a print job to an SMB client. The following is a sample Shell Script script which you can use:
#!/bin/sh -x
# This script is an input filter for printing on a unix machine. It
# uses the smbclient program to print the file to the specified smb-based
# server and service.
# The 'smb' printcap entry below shows how to configure LPRng
# for printing
#
# smb:
# :lp=|/usr/local/samba/smbprint
# :sd=/var/spool/smb:
# :filter= ... filter ...
#
# The /var/spool/smb/.config file should contain:
# server="PC_SERVER"
# service="PR_SHARENAME"
# password="PASSWORD"
#
# Set PC_SERVER to the server, PR_SHARENAME to the printer,
# and PASSWORD to the password for this service.
#
# E.g.
# server=PAULS_PC
# service=CJET_371
# password=""
#
#
config_file=.config
if [ -f $config_file ] ; then
eval `/bin/cat $config_file`
fi
#
# NOTE You may wish to add the line `echo translate'
# if you want automatic
# CR/LF translation when printing.
(
# echo translate
echo "print -"
/bin/cat
) | /usr/local/bin/smbclient "\\\\$server\\$service" \
"$password" -U "$server" -N -P 1>&2
If the above script was in /usr/local/libexec/filters/smbprint, the printcap entry for this printer would be:
pauls_pc:
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
# we filter the output
:lp=|/usr/local/libexec/filters/smbprint
# you can add filters if you want to do specific actions
:ifhp=model=hp4
:filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp