Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 462

SMB (Windows Share)
CUPS also supports printing on printers connected to Windows shares. The protocol
used for this purpose is SMB. SMB uses the port numbers 137, 138, and 139.
Example device URIs are
smb://user:password@workgroup/server/printer,
smb://user:password@host/printer, and smb://server/printer.
The protocol supported by the printer must be determined before configuration. If the
manufacturer does not provide the needed information, the command nmap, which
comes with the nmap package, can be used to guess the protocol. nmap checks a host
for open ports. For example:
nmap -p 35,137-139,515,631,9100-10000 printerIP
23.5.1 Configuring Network Printers with
Network printers are not detected automatically. They must be configured manually
using the YaST printer module. Depending on your network setup, you can print to a
print server (CUPS, LPD, SMB, or IPX) or directly to a network printer (preferably via
TCP). Ask your network administrator for details for configuring a network printer in
your environment.
Procedure 23.2 Configuring a Network Printer with YaST
1 Start YaST and choose Hardware > Printer to open the Printer Configuration
2 Click Add to open the Printer Type window.
3 Choose Network Printers to open a dialog in which to specify further details that
444 Installation and Administration
YaST
dialog.
should be provided by your network administrator.