Printing from Windows machine to CUPS printer via Samba
I have a laser printer installed on a Linux box which is working from Linux correctly. I can also print from other Linux machines in the network via CUPS. One of the machines in the network runs Windows. I shared the printer via Samba, so that Windows can “see” it via standard Windows networking. Windows has driver for this printer installed, but CUPS won’t allow it to print. The trick is to configure CUPS to allow “raw” data to be sent directly to printer. To do this, edit the file /etc/cups/mime.convs and uncomment this line (it’s near the end of file):
application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
Depending on the default CUPS setup for your machine, you might also need to edit the file /etc/cups/mime.types
After this, just restart CUPS and you can print from Windows box
/etc/rc.d/rc.cups stop /etc/rc.d/rc.cups startTweet to @mbabuskov Tweet Milan Babuškov, 2010-06-15