Setting Up
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2. Installing Network Printer
How to Install Network Printer in GNU/Linux Desktops
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3. Installing Samba
How to Install Samba in openSUSE
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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
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5. Adding Samba Printer
Follow to Add Samba-shared Printer in Windows Client
First, Open file explorer and enter the IP address of the openSUSE computer in the address bar like:\\192.168.0.110
In case to find your openSUSE 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!
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