samba - Dec 2009 - share CUPS printer/scanner in Debian system with Windows computers in home network

Hi,

I've been trying to fix this for many months and cannot do it.  I have a
printer (Samsung ML-1740) and a printer/scanner (Canon MP-150), both
installed in a Debian AMD64 system via CUPS.  I have enabled sharing all
printers in this machine in CUPS, and can print to them fine from other
GNU/Linux systems in the network.  However, I cannot even see this
computer from other Windows machines in the network, even though I have
the following in /etc/samba/smb.conf:

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$ testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"                  
Processing section "[printers]"               
Processing section "[print$]"                 
Loaded services file OK.                      
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE                  
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
        server string = %h server
        obey pam restrictions = Yes
        pam password change = Yes
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n
*Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
        unix password sync = Yes
        syslog = 0
        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
        max log size = 1000
        printcap name = cups
        dns proxy = No
        wins server =         panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        valid users = %S
        read only = No
        create mask = 0700
        directory mask = 0700
        browseable = No
        browsable = No

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        create mask = 0700
        guest ok = Yes
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No
        browsable = No

[print$]
        comment = Printer Drivers
        path = /var/lib/samba/printers
        guest ok = Yes
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Can somebody suggest what may be wrong with this setup?  Thanks.


Cheers,

-- 
Seb

Seb wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to fix this for many months and cannot do it.  I have
a
> printer (Samsung ML-1740) and a printer/scanner (Canon MP-150), both
> installed in a Debian AMD64 system via CUPS.  I have enabled sharing all
> printers in this machine in CUPS, and can print to them fine from other
> GNU/Linux systems in the network.  However, I cannot even see this
> computer from other Windows machines in the network, even though I have
> the following in /etc/samba/smb.conf:
>   
On the samba server what does 'smbclient -L localhost' output?
Also, post the results of 'testparm -v'.