it. Most users will not need the information in the rest of this section, even to
enable access to Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) via the web
interface.
To enable sharing manually, edit your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file.
Look for the section that begins with
it reads as follows:
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Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 192.168.0.*
This tells CUPS to share your printers across the network 192.168.0.*,
for example. Make sure to change this to match your own network settings.
Next, you need to look in the same file for the section that starts like this:
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Listen localhost:631
Modify it to show this:
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Listen 631
This tells CUPS to listen on port 631 for any printer requests.
Server Message Block Printing
Printing to an SMB printer requires Samba, along with its utilities such as the
smbclient and associated smbprint printing filter. You can use the
Samba software included with Ubuntu to print to a shared printer on a
Windows network or set up a printer attached to your system as an SMB
printer. This section describes how to create a local printer entry to print to a
remote shared printer using SMB.
You usually set up an SMB or shared printer under Windows operating
systems through configuration settings using the Control Panel’s Network
device. After enabling print sharing, reboot the computer. In the My
Computer, Printers folder, right-click the name or icon of the printer you want
to share and select Sharing from the pop-up menu. Set the Shared As item and
then enter a descriptive shared name, such as HP2100, and a password.