How to configure CUPS to print to a Windows print server
Issue
- Add a Samba printer queue to print to in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Configure system to print to a Samba printer that is shared on the network
- I have a user in a remote office that connect to our LAN via VPN. How can I use lpadmin to create a printer on RHEL7 that is connected to the users remote Windows workstation?
- We would like to know how to setup a print queue using a Windows Print server without using Samba
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, and 9
- Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.4.2, 1.6.3, 2.2.6, and 2.3.3
- Samba Client 3.6.23, 4.10.16, 4.12.3, and 4.15.5
- Printer connected to a Windows system
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