Dear Kevin, On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:16:54 +0100 Kevin Thorpe <kevin.thorpe at pibenchmark.com> wrote: > Hi guys, any CUPS / Samba experts out there? > > The CUPS printing guide is a horrendous maze of options. I've got > nearly there but I've got > one thing wrong and I don't know where to look. you have to do the following: In CUPS https://localhost:631/ setup your printers and set the printer driver for each printer to local raw printer In /etc/samba/smb.conf make sure you have the following settings [main] printing = cups # printer share for your windows drivers [print$] comment = printer drivers path = /var/lib/samba/somewhere read only = yes guest ok = no write list = @somegroup, john mkdir /var/lib/samba/somewhere/{COLOR,IA64,W32ALPHA,W32MIPS,W32PPC,W32X86,WIN40,x64} # set permissions chown -R john:somegroup /var/lib/samba/somewhere chmod 775 /var/lib/samba/somewhere or if you use ACL setfacl --recursive -m g:somegroup:rwx /var/lib/samba/somewhere etc. Grant the SePrintOperatorPrivilege privilege net rpc rights grant "<domain|hostname\<user|group>" \ SePrintOperatorPrivilege -U <hostname>/root In windows open the print management tool and install the device drivers there. HTH, Brgds -- Freundliche Gruesse/Best Regards Benjamin Hackl IT/Administration Media FOCUS Research Ges.m.b.H. Maculangasse 8, 1220 Wien Austria Tel: +43 1 258 97 01-295 b.hackl at focusmr.com