[Gloucs] Samba printing issue

[Charlie Markwick]

Do you get any error messages on XP if you use net use to capture the
printer to lpt1 or such like?

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Hawes" <danhawes at fwp.co.uk>
To: <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:12 PM
Subject: [Gloucs] Samba printing issue


> Hi all and Happy New Year,
>
> I have a small problem with Samba, I am hoping someone may be able to shed
> some light on this, knowing me its probably something really simple!
>
> I set up Fedora over RH9, all went well except for Samba printing. All the
> shares work great, access as before etc, but printing is non existent.
>
> Although the printer (HP Deskjet 895) is visible in the network I cannot
> browse through the Add Printer wizard (could before). No problem, I
> specified network path and installed the drivers. I got a message from XP
> saying was I sure I trusted the source so I ok'd it. Printer shows up in
> printers folder fine, open an app, go to print, it says printing, then
> nothing. No icon in taskbar for spooling, just sits there thinking its
> printed.
>
> Printing from Linux command line via SSH works fine, spits the page out as
> it should, so I'm down to Samba or WinXP permissions / config. The only
> thing I can see different is I'm now on Samba 3.x as opposed to 2.x.x.
> Nothing has changed on XP machine.
>
> If anyone has any ideas I'd be very grateful.
>
> Best regards,
> Dan Hawes.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> [global]
>
>
>    workgroup = MTPLEASANT
>    server string = Samba Server
>    hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
>
>    load printers = yes
>    printing = cups
>    printcap name = cups
>
>    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>    max log size = 50
>    security = user
>
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>    unix password sync = Yes
>    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>    passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
>
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>    os level = 33
>    dns proxy = no
>    preserve case = yes
>
>
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = no
>    writable = yes
>    create mode = 0664
>    directory mode = 0775
>
>
> [printers]
>   comment = All Printers
>   path = /var/spool/samba
>   browseable = no
>   public = yes
>   guest ok = yes
>   writable = no
>   printable = yes
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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