Also, smbwrapper is more closely modeled after the Windows networking model and less like the NFS networking model. The disadvantage with smbwrapper is that connections, or sessions, currently cannot be shared between different processes. If two applications have the same file open, this requires two sessions with the file server. Smb-wrapper can be slower than smbfs because it is required to be build and tear down sessions more often. Because of the inherent nature of the SMB protocol and model, each has its own strengths and weaknesses.
Printers are often a shared resource on a network.
Far more users have private disk space than have private printers. That makes printer sharing near and very dear to their hearts. Printer sharing can also be one of the most difficult items to get to work right. Samba provides the Windows networking systems access to the UNIX printers. It also provides the access utilities, smbclient and smbprint , for UNIX systems to access Windows printers.