samba - Jan 2004 - problem mixing printing cups and own print commands

hello,
i'm using samba 3.0.0beta2-1 on Debian.with passdb backend = ldapsam and 
printing = cups.
in the past Samba 2.0.5 i'm using printing = bsd and define my printers 
in the /etc/printcap. additional i define own printers to create pdf - 
files.

Now i'm using cups. everything works fine with printers defined on cups 
( automatic driver installation, printing ... )., but printing ( not 
driver installation !) with own print commands failed.
What's wrong ? Works cups and own print commands not together ?

The printing-section of my smb.conf looks like follows

;Printing
   printing = cups
   printcap name = cups
   load printers = yes
   show add printer wizard = yes

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /dataserver/samba/printer
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
printer admin = @_sambaadmins

[print$]
comment = Printer Driver Download Area
path = /dataserver/samba/printer
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
write list = @_sambaadmins

[PDF-Printer]
comment = PDF Printer
#print command = /etc/samba/scripte/pdf_print.pl %s %p %I %m %M %g %u %T
print command = echo Printing %s >> /tmp/print.log
path = /tmp
#path = /dataserver/samba/printer
printer admin = @_sambaadmins
browseable = yes
printable = yes
writable = no
create mode = 0666

Thanks for your help ( and reading my bad english ;-)

krueson

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, [ISO-8859-1] Lutz Kr?ger wrote:
> hello,
> i'm using samba 3.0.0beta2-1 on Debian.with passdb backend = ldapsam
and
> printing = cups.
> in the past Samba 2.0.5 i'm using printing = bsd and define my printers
> in the /etc/printcap. additional i define own printers to create pdf -
> files.
>
> Now i'm using cups. everything works fine with printers defined on cups
> ( automatic driver installation, printing ... )., but printing ( not
> driver installation !) with own print commands failed.
> What's wrong ? Works cups and own print commands not together ?
Correct. When you use CUPS, samba communicates directly with CUPS via the
CUPS printing libraries.

So set up your printers in CUPS (including PDF production) and you should
have a very robust printing environment.

Suggest you refer to the Samba-HOWTO-Collection chapters on CUPS printing.
See:
	http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

cheers,
John T.
>
> The printing-section of my smb.conf looks like follows
>
> ;Printing
>    printing = cups
>    printcap name = cups
>    load printers = yes
>    show add printer wizard = yes
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /dataserver/samba/printer
> public = yes
> guest ok = yes
> writable = no
> printable = yes
> printer admin = @_sambaadmins
>
> [print$]
> comment = Printer Driver Download Area
> path = /dataserver/samba/printer
> browseable = yes
> guest ok = yes
> read only = yes
> write list = @_sambaadmins
>
> [PDF-Printer]
> comment = PDF Printer
> #print command = /etc/samba/scripte/pdf_print.pl %s %p %I %m %M %g %u %T
> print command = echo Printing %s >> /tmp/print.log
> path = /tmp
> #path = /dataserver/samba/printer
> printer admin = @_sambaadmins
> browseable = yes
> printable = yes
> writable = no
> create mode = 0666
>
> Thanks for your help ( and reading my bad english ;-)
>
> krueson
>
>
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org