[xubuntu-users] Printer query

[Peter Flynn]

On 05/19/2013 09:01 AM, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> On 18/05/13 20:34, Peter Flynn wrote:
>> I was under the impression that SMB (samba) was what CUPS used to
>> share printers (if by "share" you mean "share like a windows printer
>> share", where the existence of the printer gets broadcast to the local
>> network.)  However, (a) I may just be wrong, and (b) the fact that
>> your laptops seemed to find or at least know about the printer would
>> indicate that SMB may not be needed for whatever method of sharing you
>> are using. I've never used CUPS without smbd, so I may have a skewed
>> view of things. But I do remember some years ago being surprised that
>> smb was not installed with CUPS when it seemed to need it to function.
>>
>> ///Peter
>>
> I have never thought this. I have always thought that Samba was used for
> sharing with a Windows machine. 

So it is, but one of the sections in smb.conf is [printers] and that's
what's used to share a printer in the normal sense of the word.

I think the problem is terminology (my misunderstanding). "Sharing"
means "using the Microsoft SMB protocol to broadcast the existence of
printers on the network and providing print services". If all you're
using is a manual IPP printer config on each laptop, that isn't what is
normally meant by "sharing" as I understood it; but maybe I've been
working in too restricted an environment.

> hp:/usb/Photosmart_5520_series?serial=CN27J1601P05ST

That looks like you're using some HP protocol.

///Peter