mhbeyle@gmail.com
2005-Aug-27 11:55 UTC
[Samba] printing problems upgrading samba from 2.2.4 to 3.0.14
Ok. Hi everybody. It's my first posting here. If I make something wrong, please notice me . And excuse me for my evil english (I will improve :-) ) . I'm trying to upgrade samba from 2.2.4 to 3.0.14 version and I would like to use the same smb.conf that I had. But something looks wrong in printing system , there are a lot of new options and I don't know why my old parameters don't work .. I use samba through Windows XP/98/2000 and a MS-DOS program that sends print works to a linux machine with samba. With version 2.2.4 all seemed OK and worked fine. With version 3.0.14 printers don't work. I need raw printing. For example, this line (print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r) doesn't work in new version. Do I replace this with printing=cups and cups options=raw ? I did it and printing system doesn't work OK .. I write here my old options : [Global] printcap name = lpstat [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes use client driver = Yes print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r lpq command = lpstat -o %p lprm command = cancel %p-%j browseable = No This config doesn't work anyway. Cups doesn't receive works. Now I write the new options I'm trying to use with 3.0.14 version: [Global] printcap name = cups printing = cups printcap = cups [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes use client driver = Yes ;printing = cups lpq command = lpstat.cups -o %p lprm command = cancel %p-%j browseable = No And edit mime.types and mime.convs in cups config for application/octet-.... Printing works with this config, but some of them are printed unformatted, with fonts bigger than old config . I send the work via (i.e.) cat work.txt > lp0 and cups prints it OK . Works sended via Word, Excel, etc. are OK too. There is something wrong with some works sended via MS-DOS programs (like edit program) but I don't know what is the problem . Any suggestions ??
John H Terpstra
2005-Aug-27 14:15 UTC
[Samba] printing problems upgrading samba from 2.2.4 to 3.0.14
On Saturday 27 August 2005 05:55, mhbeyle@gmail.com wrote:> I'm trying to upgrade samba from 2.2.4 to 3.0.14 version and I would like > to use the same smb.conf that I had. But something looks wrong in printing > system , there are a lot of new options and I don't know why my old > parameters don't work ..The changes are documented in a chapter called "Upgrading Samba" in the book "The Official Samba3 HOWTO". Upgrade issues are discussed in the book "Samba-3 By Example", chapter 8. See http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-HOWTO.pdf and http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-ByExample.pdf> I use samba through Windows XP/98/2000 and a MS-DOS program that sends > print works to a linux machine with samba. With version 2.2.4 all seemed OK > and worked fine. With version 3.0.14 printers don't work. I need raw > printing.When Samba-3 has been compiled with the CUPS libraries, printing goes direct via the CUPS library API. To enable raw printing add the parameter "cups options = raw".> For example, this line (print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r) > doesn't work in new version. Do I replace this with printing=cups and cups > options=raw ? I did it and printing system doesn't work OK .. > > I write here my old options : > > [Global] > printcap name = lpstat > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > create mask = 0700 > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > use client driver = Yes > print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r > lpq command = lpstat -o %p > lprm command = cancel %p-%j > browseable = NoLook at the worked example smb.conf files in the book "Samba-3 By Example" - it might help you.> This config doesn't work anyway. Cups doesn't receive works.> > Now I write the new options I'm trying to use with 3.0.14 version: > > [Global] > printcap name = cups > printing = cups > printcap = cups > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > create mask = 0700 > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > use client driver = Yes > ;printing = cups > lpq command = lpstat.cups -o %p > lprm command = cancel %p-%j > browseable = No > > And edit mime.types and mime.convs in cups config for > application/octet-.... > > Printing works with this config, but some of them are printed unformatted, > with fonts bigger than old config . I send the work via (i.e.) cat work.txt > > > lp0 and cups prints it OK . Works sended via Word, Excel, etc. are OK > > too. > > There is something wrong with some works sended via MS-DOS programs (like > edit program) but I don't know what is the problem . > > Any suggestions ??Read the CUPS chapters in the book "The Official Samba3 HOWTO and Reference Guide." Cheers, John T. -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, 2 Ed., ISBN: 0131882228 Samba-3 by Example, 2 Ed., ISBN: 0131882221X Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production.