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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
Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.4.2 & 1.6.3
Printer connected to a Windows system

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