I have a network with 1 Linux box (host), 2 Win98 machines, and 1 WinXPHome
machine. There is a Deskjet attached to the Linux box, and an HPLJ Postscript
attached to one of the PCs.
Until recently I was running RH7.1 with Samba 2.x and all computers could print
to both printers (which, obviously, were shared).
I have recently rebuilt the LInux box, and in the process installed Fedora, with
Samba 3.
Without any changes to the Win98 boxes, both of them succeed in finding and
printing to both printers JUST FINE.
But the XP Home box now has the following problems:
1-It can "see", but can't connect to the network printer (attached
to the Linux box). AT ALL.
2-It finds the HPLJ fine, and prints to it as a PCL printer just fine, but when
it sends Postscript (an alternative printer "definition"), it fails to
send the postscript prolog, hence printer spews out postscript code.
The latter problem is probably beyond the scope of this group (tbo I'd
appreciate any insights anyone might happen to have), but the network printer
problem is squarely here.
What is there in Samba 3 that requires new/different settings in WinXP than
Samba 2 did?
Additional, maybe useful info:
-my smb.conf has no "os" line, nor any "wins" line.
-the XP machine has shown up on some screen as "master browser"
Many thanks.
Marilyn
