Printing

Dustin Butler
2001-01-26T03:45:18Z

Hi David,
I am experiencing this same problem.  I have 2 OKIDATA OL 1200 printers
setup on 2 different linux boxes.  One is a local printer and one is
connected to a print server.  Box 1 is the local printer which prints a
blank page after every print job.  Box 2 does not print a blank page.  I
print to both using the same driver, HP Laserjet 4.  I also changed Box 1 to
use load printers = yes and it still printed a blank page after the print
job.  Maybe somebody will see where the page is coming from.

====Box 1
====
/etc/printcap
-------------
OKIDATA:sd=/var/spool/lpd/OKIDATA:mx#0:sh:lp=/dev/lp0:

/etc/smb.conf
-------------
printcap name = /etc/printcap
#load printers = yes

[OKIDATA]
path = /var/spool/samba
comment = In Development Room
postscript = no
printable = yes
writeable = no
create mask = 0700
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
directory mask = 0700
write list printer = OKIDATA

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes

====BOX 2
====
printcap
--------
Okidata:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:mx#0:sh:rm=np559775:rp=raw1:

smb.conf
--------
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David W. Chapman Jr. [mailto:dwcjr@inethouston.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 6:23 PM
> To: samba@us4.samba.org
> Subject: Printing
>
>
> I have samba setup with a print share.  The printer is a
> network printer and
> I have the printcap setup correctly and all prints fine,
> except at odd times
> it printers a blank page before or after the print job(can't remember
> which).  I've tried changing the spooling formats and what
> not, but that
> doesn't seem to affect it.  I'm running 2.0.7 and lpr doesn't
seem to
> reproduct this error although I don't print that much with
> it, so it might
> be freebsd-4.2 and not samba.  any help would be appreciated.
>
>