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This is a guide for setting up a network shared printer on Arch linux using a Raspberry Pi 2. If installing on an original Raspberry Pi, replace armv7h with armv6h accordingly. The printers used in this guide are A Samsung CLP-310 and a Dymo TwinTurbo

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pacman -Syu
  

• Install yaourt

• Install cups, samba, and some dependencies:
  

  pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts samba splix
  

  • (Optional) Add a few optional packages:
    

    pacman -S foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree gutenprint
    

• Start and enable cups at boot:
  

  systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service
  systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service
  

• (Optional) Connect to the web interface with an ssh tunnel:
  

  ssh -L 6310:localhost:631 printer.example.com
  

  • And connect to http://localhost:6310 in a web browser.

• Install Dymo CUPS Driver:
  

  yaourt dymo-cups-driver
  

  
  NOTE: Edit the PKGBUILD file and add armv7h to the arch parameter:
  

  arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h')
  

• Printers can be added in the Administration section. If prompted for a username/password, the local root account will work. Since I am using a Samsung CLP-310 printer, I will use the Samsung CLP-310, 2.0.0 driver provided by the splix package installed earlier; and the DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo driver provided by the Dymo CUPS driver package.

Adding Printers to a Windows Workstation¶

At this point the printer can be shared to another computer.

1. This is done by going to Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Add Printer and choosing Add Network Printer.
2. Then Select a Shared printer by Name and entering http://192.168.0.100:631/printers/Samsung_CLP-310-Series and then using any Samsung PS (PostScript) driver listed.
   • NOTE: I used the Samsung CLP-350 PS driver on Windows 7 and it worked perfect.

Setup Windows Shared Printing¶

• Create a new samba config file:
  

  cp /etc/samba/smb.conf.sample /etc/samba/smb.conf
  

• Edit the samba config:
  

  nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
  

  • And add/modify the following parameter:
    

    [global]
       workgroup = EXAMPLE
    
    [printers]
       comment = All Printers
       path = /var/spool/samba
       browseable = no
       # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
       guest ok = yes
       writable = no
       printable = yes
    
    [CLP-310]
        comment=Samsung CLP-310 Printer
        printer=clp-310
        path=/var/spool/samba
        printing=cups
        printable=yes
        printer admin=@admin root
        user client driver=yes
        # to allow user 'guest account' to print.
        guest ok=yes
        writable=no
    

• Start and enable samba at boot:
  

  systemctl enable samba.service
  systemctl start samba.service
  

Resources¶

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS_printer-specific_problems
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS_printer_sharing
• http://superuser.com/questions/300986/ipp-printing-from-windows-7-ultimate