Support #610
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 9 years ago
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
h2. Prepare the Environment
* Make sure the system is up to date:
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pacman -Syu
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* Install cups, samba, and some dependencies:
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pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts samba splix
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* (Optional) Add a few optional packages:
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pacman -S foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree gutenprint
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* Start and enable cups at boot:
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systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service
systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service
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* (Optional) Connect to the web interface with an ssh tunnel:
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ssh -L 6310:localhost:631 printer.example.com
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#* And connect to http://localhost:6310 in a web browser.
* Install Dymo CUPS Driver:
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yaourt dymo-cups-driver
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*NOTE*: Edit the PKGBUILD file and add armv7h to the arch parameter:
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arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h')
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* 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.
h3. Adding Printers to a Windows Workstation
* At this point the printer can be shared to another computer.
# This In Windows this is done by going to +Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Add Printer+ and choosing *Add Network Printer*.
# Then Printer*, then *Select a Shared printer by Name* and entering _http://192.168.0.100:631/printers/Samsung_CLP-310-Series_ 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.
h2. Setup Windows Shared Printing
* Create a new samba config file:
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cp /etc/samba/smb.conf.sample /etc/samba/smb.conf
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* Edit the samba config:
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nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
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#* And add/modify the following parameter:
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[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
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* Start and enable samba at boot:
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systemctl enable samba.service
systemctl start samba.service
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h2. 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