Step-by-step – Samba Printer Sharing Debian Bullseye

Setting Up

2. 2. Installing Network Printer

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3. 3. Installing Samba Server

   Now to Setup Samba Server on Debian
   Simply play:

   sudo apt install samba samba-common-bin

   Next to Start the Samba Server Service run:

   sudo systemctl start smbd nmbd

   Possibly to Start it at Boot:

   sudo systemctl enable smbd nmbd

   Last, to check it’s running:

   systemctl status smbd

4. 4. Configuring Samba

   Then to Configure Samba Server
   So first edit the main configuration file with nano Editor:

   sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

   Enable the following two entries:

   browseable = yes
   guest ok = yes
   

   Use Ctrl+w to Search for “browseable” on nano.
   Eventually for large Printing best to enable the spoolssd service, adding to the “[global]” Section:

   rpc_server:spoolss = external
   rpc_daemon:spoolssd = fork
   

   Last use Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor!
   Finally, Restart Samba with:

   sudo systemctl restart smbd nmbd

5. 5. Adding Samba Printer

   Follow to Add Samba-shared Printer in Windows Client
   First, Open file explorer and enter the IP address of the Debian computer in the address bar like:

   \\192.168.0.110

   In case to find your Debian machine IP Network Address issue in Terminal:

   ifconfig

   And then the printer should be discovered and listed, here below the Windows 10 Setup example:

   

   Now Double-click the Printer to Add it to your Windows system.
   And the again select the OK button to choose a Driver to install:

   

   Congratulations, finally the Printer should be successfully added to your Windows system!