How to connect to a printer shared as a MS Windows print queue

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To connect to this printer, all you need to do is similar to adding a local printer. The tricks in getting this done is step no. 3. So, watch out!


  1. Open the System Preference -> Print & Fax
  2. Click the "+" sign to add printer,
  3. Press the "option" key and mouse click on the "More Printers ..." button
    You can then find a menu item called "Advance" from the drop down list, which you can then specify the URI in reaching the SAMBA share.

    Follow the rules below to define the print que, userid and password.


    smb://<username>:<password>@<server>/<queue name>



    e.g. smb://paperdrip:xxx@printer.paperdrip.net/hp_printer