samba - Mar 1999 - Printer Problems

Before anyone responds I would like to let everyone know my problem is
fixed :)  The problem was lpr would only spool so big of a file, so I
had to add a -s option to it.  Thanks once again for this great piece of
software...
> First of all I would like to thank all the developers and testers for
> such a great piece of software.  It has simplified my life and made
> things much better :)
>
> But now to my slight problem.  I set up a FreeBSD 3.1-stable box to run
> samba on.  I connected a HP 890C Printer to it and shared it through
> samba.  When I print from windows 95 computers it prints the first  and
> second page fine, but when it gets to the third page it just stops and
> things go bezerk.  It will start printing wierd characters afterwards.
> Thanks for any help in advance.  If there is anything else I didn't
> think to include just ask.
>
>

is there anyone out there who can help me configure a samba printer share.  I 
have done everything i can think of or read about and it just does not work.  
thanks in advance.  

current printer share setup

[printers]

create mode = 0700
printable = yes
printer driver = HP Laserjet IIP
printer driver location = \\%h\printer$
path = /var/spool/samba
printer = lp

Additional info needed: Amplify on "just does not work". Exactly what
happens when you try to print?

What OS? What Samba version? Did the Samba come with the OS?

Outputs of the following commands:

testparm -s | grep -i print

testparm -s | grep -i lp

Are files piling up in \\%h\printer$

Steve Litt



At 07:42 PM 12/19/1999 +1100, JamesNCPA@aol.com wrote:
>is there anyone out there who can help me configure a samba printer share.
 I 
>have done everything i can think of or read about and it just does not
work.  
>thanks in advance.  
>
>current printer share setup
>
>[printers]
>
>create mode = 0700
>printable = yes
>printer driver = HP Laserjet IIP
>printer driver location = \\%h\printer$
>path = /var/spool/samba
>printer = lp
>

Hi

This is my problem...

I have two printers connect to my linux server 

The one connected to /dev/lp prints correct(Deskjet)
the other one is connected over a printer server(Epson).

Prints from Deskjet are ok, but prints from Epson are not ok.

I'm using Samba 2.2.0

This is my configuration in smb.conf

[Epson]
     comment = Epson Stylus Photo 870
     path = /tmp
     printable = Yes

[Deskjet]
     comment = HP Deskjet 850C
     path = /tmp
     printable = Yes

and this in printcap

Epson|lp|remote printer on printer.horak.at:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\
        :rm=printer.horak.at:\
        :rp=P1:\
        :bk:sh:mx#0:
Deskjet|HP850|raw|lp1|cdj850-a4-raw|cdj850 a4 raw:\
     :lp=/dev/lp0:\
     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/cdj850-a4-raw:\
     :lf=/var/spool/lpd/cdj850-a4-raw/log:\
     :af=/var/spool/lpd/cdj850-a4-raw/acct:\
     :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/cdj850-a4-raw:\
     :la@:mx#0:\
     :tr=:cl:sh:sf:

How can I get it work again...

Gernot

Hi

When I try to add the driver for my Epson 870 i get the following error
messages in the log file

[2001/10/02 19:12:24, 0] rpc_server/srv_pipe_hnd.c:process_request_pdu(482)
  process_request_pdu: rpc data buffer too large (11632640) + 5656)
[2001/10/02 19:12:24, 0]
rpc_server/srv_pipe_hnd.c:unmarshall_rpc_header(346)
  unmarshall_rpc_header: FIRST flag not set in first PDU !

Yours
Gernot

I'm trying to work with a CUPS printer and make it visible 
via SAMBA.  I've been following the cookbook (from the CUPS 
site), but it just doesn't work.  This is based on SAMBA-3.0.0 
(beta from RedHat)

Here's the output of the 'cupsaddsmb' command which is just 
a automated mechanism for adding the printer, drivers, etc.

[root@hermes SPECS]# cupsaddsmb -v -U root -a
Password for root required to access localhost via SAMBA: 
Running command: smbclient //localhost/print\$ -N -U'root%xxx' -c
'mkdir W32X86;put /var/spool/cups/tmp/3fe8b6e353392 W32X86/hp_lp.PPD;put
/usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPS5.DLL W32X86/ADOBEPS5.DLL;put
/usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPSU.DLL W32X86/ADOBEPSU.DLL;put
/usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPSU.HLP W32X86/ADOBEPSU.HLP'
OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.0beta3]
putting file /var/spool/cups/tmp/3fe8b6e353392 as \W32X86/hp_lp.PPD (19141.7
kb/s) (average 19143.6 kb/s)
putting file /usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPS5.DLL as \W32X86/ADOBEPS5.DLL
(12767.8 kb/s) (average 12945.0 kb/s)
putting file /usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPSU.DLL as \W32X86/ADOBEPSU.DLL
(6625.0 kb/s) (average 10687.8 kb/s)
putting file /usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPSU.HLP as \W32X86/ADOBEPSU.HLP
(9008.8 kb/s) (average 10630.0 kb/s)

Running command: rpcclient localhost -N -U'root%xxx' -c 'adddriver
"Windows NT x86"
"hp_lp:ADOBEPS5.DLL:hp_lp.PPD:ADOBEPSU.DLL:ADOBEPSU.HLP:NULL:RAW:NULL"'
Printer Driver hp_lp successfully installed.

Running command: smbclient //localhost/print\$ -N -U'root%xxx' -c
'mkdir WIN40;put /var/spool/cups/tmp/3fe8b6e353392 WIN40/hp_lp.PPD;put
/usr/share/cups/drivers/ADFONTS.MFM WIN40/ADFONTS.MFM;put
/usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPS4.DRV WIN40/ADOBEPS4.DRV;put
/usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPS4.HLP WIN40/ADOBEPS4.HLP;put
/usr/share/cups/drivers/DEFPRTR2.PPD WIN40/DEFPRTR2.PPD;put
/usr/share/cups/drivers/ICONLIB.DLL WIN40/ICONLIB.DLL;put
/usr/share/cups/drivers/PSMON.DLL WIN40/PSMON.DLL;'
OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.0beta3]
putting file /var/spool/cups/tmp/3fe8b6e353392 as \WIN40/hp_lp.PPD (19141.7
kb/s) (average 19143.6 kb/s)
putting file /usr/share/cups/drivers/ADFONTS.MFM as \WIN40/ADFONTS.MFM (8782.5
kb/s) (average 8941.9 kb/s)
putting file /usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPS4.DRV as \WIN40/ADOBEPS4.DRV
(18078.1 kb/s) (average 13679.2 kb/s)
putting file /usr/share/cups/drivers/ADOBEPS4.HLP as \WIN40/ADOBEPS4.HLP
(21317.0 kb/s) (average 14156.6 kb/s)
putting file /usr/share/cups/drivers/DEFPRTR2.PPD as \WIN40/DEFPRTR2.PPD (3293.9
kb/s) (average 13863.0 kb/s)
putting file /usr/share/cups/drivers/ICONLIB.DLL as \WIN40/ICONLIB.DLL (16479.7
kb/s) (average 13981.2 kb/s)
putting file /usr/share/cups/drivers/PSMON.DLL as \WIN40/PSMON.DLL (4000.0 kb/s)
(average 13154.4 kb/s)

Running command: rpcclient localhost -N -U'root%xxx' -c 'adddriver
"Windows 4.0"
"hp_lp:ADOBEPS4.DRV:hp_lp.PPD:NULL:ADOBEPS4.HLP:PSMON.DLL:RAW:ADOBEPS4.DRV:hp_lp.PPD,ADOBEPS4.HLP,PSMON.DLL,ADFONTS.MFM,DEFPRTR2.PPD,ICONLIB.DLL"'
Printer Driver hp_lp successfully installed.

Running command: rpcclient localhost -N -U'root%xxx' -c 'setdriver
hp_lp hp_lp'
result was WERR_INVALID_PRINTER_NAME

Password for root required to access localhost via SAMBA: 
Running command: rpcclient localhost -N -U'root%' -c 'setdriver
hp_lp hp_lp'
result was WERR_INVALID_PRINTER_NAME

ERROR: Unable to install Windows printer driver files (256)!

Note: I've been trying to get this working for quite a while now
and would really appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks.

-- 
Gary Thomas <gary@chez-thomas.org>