Zorin OS Samba Printer Sharing

demo

March 4, 2021  By the gnu linux evangelist.

Setting Up

2. Installing Network Printer
How to Install Network Printer on GNU/Linux desktops

Here Installing Wi-Fi CUPS Printer in Linux

3. Installing Samba Server
Now to Setup Samba Server on Zorin OS
Simply play:

1. sudo apt install samba samba-common-bin

复制代码

Next to Start the Samba Server Service run:

1. sudo systemctl start smbd nmbd

复制代码

Possibly to Start it at Boot:

1. sudo systemctl enable smbd nmbd

复制代码

Last, to check it’s running:

1. systemctl status smbd

复制代码

4. Configuring Samba
Then to Configure Samba Server
So first edit the main configuration file with nano Editor:

1. sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

复制代码

Enable the following two entries:

1. browseable = yes
   
2. guest ok = yes

复制代码

Use Ctrl+w to Search for “browseable” on nano.
Eventually for large Printing best to enable the spoolssd service, adding to the “[global]” Section:

1. rpc_server:spoolss = external
   
2. rpc_daemon:spoolssd = fork

复制代码

Last use Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor!
Finally, Restart Samba with:

1. sudo systemctl restart smbd nmbd

复制代码

5. Adding Samba Printer
Follow to Add Samba-shared Printer in Windows Client
First, Open file explorer and enter the IP address of the Zorin OS computer in the address bar like:

\\192.168.0.110

In case to find your Zorin OS machine IP Network Address issue in Terminal:

1. ifconfig

复制代码

And then the printer should be discovered and listed, here below the Windows 10 Setup example:

Samba shared printer
Now Double-click the Printer to Add it to your Windows system.
And the again select the OK button to choose a Driver to install:

Installing driver
Congratulations, finally the Printer should be successfully added to your Windows system!来自圈子: 动手动脚