samba - Jan 2010 - Help to fix the remaining problems when migration from windows to a linux print server

Hi, i am trying to migrate my print servers from windows to linux ,
everything is getting really nice but i still face a few problems ,
and since i don't know if i need help from cups or samba guys i will
post to both lists, so maybe someone can give me some help.

Well, i have now cups and samba working just fine, i can authenticate
my users in cups from Active Directory using winbind and they can
print just fine. The remaining problems/doubts are:

1) Is there a way to run cupsaddsmb when security = ads in smb.conf ?
I always have to set security = user before running cupsaddsmb or it
will fail.
2) Even though my cups printers are configured to DefaultPage = A4,
after a cupsaddsmb all windows clients still default to LETTER. What
am i doing wrong? Is there a way to mass set all printer queues in
windows to use A4 ? Some rpcclient parameter to change this ? I have
over 1k queues, so manually change each one in windows GUI is kinda
very time consuming.
3) Why do i always get count page = 1 when printing from windows ? I
thought since i was using the right PPD for  each printer  and adobe
postscripts + cups drivers exported from cupsaddsmb , page accounting
would work, but apparently not.
4) now the critical problem , sometimes when im trying to print a big
job, over 400 hundred pages with lots of pictures to a cups class from
Word for example , word starts spooling to the samba spool but after
it finishes printing the only thing really printed in cups is the
BANNER page, the job itself never gets there.


Thanks in advance.

-- 
[]'s
Salatiel

"O maior prazer do inteligente ? bancar o  idiota
   diante de um  idiota que banca o inteligente".

Ok, i will answer a few of my own questions cause maybe someone still
have those problems, but i would appreciate if someone could lead me
to answer the others .


On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 14:29, Salatiel Filho <salatiel.filho at
gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, i am trying to migrate my print servers from windows to linux ,
> everything is getting really nice but i still face a few problems ,
> and since i don't know if i need help from cups or samba guys i will
> post to both lists, so maybe someone can give me some help.
>
> Well, i have now cups and samba working just fine, i can authenticate
> my users in cups from Active Directory using winbind and they can
> print just fine. The remaining problems/doubts are:
>
> 1) Is there a way to run cupsaddsmb when security = ads in smb.conf ?
No idea yet.
> I always have to set security = user before running cupsaddsmb or it
> will fail.
> 2) Even though my cups printers are configured to DefaultPage = A4,
> after a cupsaddsmb all windows clients still default to LETTER. What
> am i doing wrong? Is there a way to mass set all printer queues in
> windows to use A4 ? Some rpcclient parameter to change this ? I have
> over 1k queues, so manually change each one in windows GUI is kinda
> very time consuming.
You can use the setprinter command from windows resource kit to mass
set all printers to a4.
> 3) Why do i always get count page = 1 when printing from windows ? I
> thought since i was using the right PPD for ?each printer ?and adobe
> postscripts + cups drivers exported from cupsaddsmb , page accounting
> would work, but apparently not.
I had cups option = raw in smb.conf , so all jobs would go directly to
the printer. This was also impacting printing in my non-postscript
printers cause the printer was printing the PS source. Remove that
line from smb.conf will fix the page count and printing in non-ps
printers.
> 4) now the critical problem , sometimes when im trying to print a big
> job, over 400 hundred pages with lots of pictures to a cups class from
> Word for example , word starts spooling to the samba spool but after
> it finishes printing the only thing really printed in cups is the
> BANNER page, the job itself never gets there.
Still the same proble, for now i am using the queue in raw mode and
using the windows driver.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> []'s
> Salatiel
>
> "O maior prazer do inteligente ? bancar o ?idiota
> ? diante de um ?idiota que banca o inteligente".
>


-- 
[]'s
Salatiel

"O maior prazer do inteligente ? bancar o  idiota
   diante de um  idiota que banca o inteligente".