Examples of Common Printing Configurations
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Using INI Parameters for Windows Network Printers (SMB)
Configuring SMB printing using ThinOS INI parameters is simple and an easy way to
configure printers shared by a Windows server for all clients in your environment. The
primary advantage of configuring SMB printing using ThinOS INI parameters is that you
can pre-define the domain account to use to authenticate the printer. The following
examples discuss how the credentials can be supplied.
Example 1: Defining an SMB Printer with Generic User Credentials in
Plain Text
Printer=SMB1 \
LocalName="Demo SMB Printer" \
Host=\\dp-dc-ftp \
Name="TechSupportPrinter" \
PrinterID="HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL" \
Enabled=yes \
Username=Username1 \
Password=Password \
Domain=contoso
Example 2: Defining an SMB Printer with Generic User Credentials
that are Encrypted
Printer=SMB1 \
LocalName="Demo SMB Printer"\
Host=\\dp-dc-ftp \
Name="TechSupportPrinter" \
PrinterID="HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL"\
Enabled=yes \
Username-enc=PACGOGDBPKDOPGDGKC \
Password-enc=PFDBOHDBODCJPODP \
Domain=contoso
NOTE
: In order to create the encrypted passwords for use in an INI file you will want to
use a program such as ConfGen. This application has built in support for creating the
encrypted strings. ConfGen can be downloaded from http://technicalhelp.de.
CAUTION
: This is a non-supported tool that is linked solely for the purpose of this
example.
