Hi,
I just upgraded from cups-1.3.8/samba-3.4.1 to cups-1.4.1/samba-3.4.3
After upgrading, the samba log showed that it could not find the printcap file -
previously cups was not generating a printcap file, but things worked fine. I
changed cupsd.conf to produce a printcap file, but the samba log shows it cannot
find it, even though I placed it in /etc, /etc/cups, /usr/local/etc,
/usr/local/etc/cups. Where does samba look by default?
If I change "printcap name = cups" to "printcap name =
/usr/local/etc/cups/printcap", then the windows machines can print, but at
the end of each print job, two extra pages are printed:
Additional page 1 - blank
Additional page 2
ERROR: rangecheck
OFFENDING COMMAND: .installpagedevice
STACK:
-null-
-dictionary-
-savelevel-
I'm assuming this happens because samba does not realize the printcap file
is in cups format, is there a way around this problem?
Regards
John
smb.conf
--------
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name = DSLKAYAK
hosts allow = 192.168.1.*
security = share
client ntlmv2 auth = no
load printers = yes
printing = cups
printcap name = cups [later set to printcap name =
/usr/local/etc/cups/printcap]
[share]
path = /mnt/sdb4/dslshare
read only = no
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /usr/local/share/cups/drivers
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
write list = root
-----Original Message-----
From: John Frankish
Sent: Saturday, 20 February, 2010 13:46
To: 'samba at lists.samba.org'
Subject: samba cannot find cups printcap
Hi,
I just upgraded from cups-1.3.8/samba-3.4.1 to cups-1.4.1/samba-3.4.3
After upgrading, the samba log showed that it could not find the printcap file -
previously cups was not generating a printcap file, but things worked fine. I
changed cupsd.conf to produce a printcap file, but the samba log shows it cannot
find it, even though I placed it in /etc, /etc/cups, /usr/local/etc,
/usr/local/etc/cups. Where does samba look by default?
If I change "printcap name = cups" to "printcap name =
/usr/local/etc/cups/printcap", then the windows machines can print, but at
the end of each print job, two extra pages are printed:
Additional page 1 - blank
Additional page 2
ERROR: rangecheck
OFFENDING COMMAND: .installpagedevice
STACK:
-null-
-dictionary-
-savelevel-
I'm assuming this happens because samba does not realize the printcap file
is in cups format, is there a way around this problem?
----------
After checking, I realized that samba had not linked against libcups and
recompiled - this solved the printcap issue with:
printing = cups
printcap = cups
smb.conf
--------
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name = DSLKAYAK
hosts allow = 192.168.1.*
security = share
client ntlmv2 auth = no
load printers = yes
printing = cups
printcap name = cups [later set to printcap name =
/usr/local/etc/cups/printcap]
[share]
path = /mnt/sdb4/dslshare
read only = no
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /usr/local/share/cups/drivers
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
write list = root