{"id":305,"date":"2008-11-17T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T21:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyoungwon.com\/journal\/?p=305"},"modified":"2008-11-17T17:00:34","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T21:00:34","slug":"configuring-a-windowssmb-shared-printer-suse-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/configuring-a-windowssmb-shared-printer-suse-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring a Windows\/SMB Shared Printer &#8211; SUSE Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing a printer from a Windows computer is a cost-effective way of making the printer available<br \/>\nto everyone on a network. As such, it\u2019s often done in a home environment, where a printer<br \/>\ncan be shared among computers used by family members, or in an office environment, where a<br \/>\nprinter might be connected to a particular workstation or server.<br \/>\n<strong>To connect to a shared printer from SUSE Linux, you\u2019ll need to<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The network address of the computer. This can be the IP address or fully qualified<br \/>\ndomain name (FQDN).<\/li>\n<li>The share name of the printer. To find this name, on the Windows computer, open the<br \/>\nPrinters and Faxes window, right-click the printer, and select Sharing. You\u2019ll see the<br \/>\nname in the Share Name box.<\/li>\n<li> The username and password required to access the share, if required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Start YaST and click Hardware ?Printer.<\/li>\n<li>In the Printer Configuration window, click Add.<\/li>\n<li>Click Network Printers, and then click the Next button.<\/li>\n<li>In the list, select Print via SMB Network Server, and then click Next.<\/li>\n<li>Enter connection information as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The Workgroup box can be left blank, unless you work in a large office environment<br \/>\nwith multiple network workgroups\u2014see your administrator if this is the case.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the network address of the computer into the Hostname of Print Server box.<\/li>\n<li>In the Remote Queue Name box, enter the share name of the printer.<\/li>\n<li>If the printer is attached to a Windows XP Professional, 2000, or NT computer, you<br \/>\nmay need to enter a valid Windows username and password in the Username and<br \/>\nPassword boxes to be able to access the printer, so do so. If you\u2019re running Windows<br \/>\nXP Home, which doesn\u2019t normally require a username and password to access a<br \/>\nshared resource, you still need to enter something in the Username box, even if it\u2019s<br \/>\ngibberish. I suggest entering guest. Without an entry for the username, YaST will<br \/>\nreport an error. In the case of a Windows XP Home printer share, you can leave the<br \/>\nPassword box empty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the Test Remote SMB Access button. If you\u2019ve entered the correct details, you should see a dialog box saying the connection works correctly, as in Figure 8-19. If you get a message saying that SUSE Linux can\u2019t connect, check the details in the text boxes.Click Next when you\u2019re ready to continue.<\/li>\n<li> In the Name for Printing box, enter a familiar name by which you can identify the<br \/>\nprinter in future. The Printer Description and Printer Location boxes can be left empty.<br \/>\nMake sure there\u2019s a check in the Do Local Filtering box. Click Next.<\/li>\n<li>Choose your make and model of printer from the list. If you can\u2019t find an exact match,<br \/>\nchoose the nearest model. Then click Next.<\/li>\n<li>You now have an opportunity to fine-tune some of the printer\u2019s settings. These settings<br \/>\nwill then be used as the default. The Restriction Settings option can be used to limit<br \/>\nwhich users can use the printer. The State and Banner Settings options let you add text<br \/>\nto each printout.<\/li>\n<li>To tweak the printer quality settings, double-click the Filter Settings entry in the list.<br \/>\nThis will open the Configuration Options window. The range of options you\u2019ll see<br \/>\ndepend on the model of printer you\u2019re using. To change an option, select it in the<br \/>\nOptions list, and then make your choice in the Values box beneath. When you\u2019ve finished,<br \/>\nclick OK.<\/p>\n<p>The printer will now be available within SUSE Linux applications.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing a printer from a Windows computer is a cost-effective way of making the printer available to everyone on a network. 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