samba - Aug 1999 - jetdirect printer configuration

I am trying to set up a jetdirect plotter in our network (samba server
running un suse linux 6.2).
When I start printing from on of the windows boxes everything seems fine
but the printing files only show up in the spooling directories on the
samba server. The plotter (HP Designjet 650 C) never receives anything.
Here are the relevant parts of my smb.conf and my printcap file:

PRINTCAP:

dj650:lp=:rm=192.168.0.20sd=var/spool/dj650:lf=/var/spool/dj650:sh:sf:sh

I also tried the printername (dj650) instead of the ip# but that did not
help. I can ping the plotter with the ip # and the name.

SMB.CONF:


[dj650]
	printable = yes	
	path = /var/spool/dj650c
	printer driver = HP Design Jet 650C (C2859A)
	public = yes
   	writeable = yes
   	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Pdj650
	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Pdj650 %j
	print command =/usr/bin/lpr -Pdj650 -rs %s

I dont have a clue why this does not work.

TIA

Florian v. Behr

>PRINTCAP:
>
>dj650:lp=:rm=192.168.0.20sd=var/spool/dj650:lf=/var/spool/dj650:sh:sf:sh
Well, for starters, there's no ':' between the
'rm=192.168.0.20' and
'sd=...'

With the JetDirect system, isn't everyone on the network supposed to print
directly to the plotter, not through another (Samba) server? Otherwise,
seems kinda pointless to have JetDirect...

BTW, I have a HP DesignJet 600 connected to a Samba server the old fashioned
way (parallel port cable), and it works just fine.

--Dan

**  The thing I like most about Windows 98 is...
**  You can download FreeBSD with it!

> 
> PRINTCAP:
> 
> dj650:lp=:rm=192.168.0.20sd=var/spool/dj650:lf=/var/spool/dj650:sh:sf:sh
> 
Apart from the missing colon I would suggest adding a 'rp=raw' to 
specify the queue on the jetdirect (I think 'raw' and 'text' are
defined). The default of 'lp' will not work.

Regards.
Benno Lange 
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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 fvbehr@gmx.net wrote:
> Subject: jetdirect printer configuration
> 
> PRINTCAP:
> 
> dj650:lp=:rm=192.168.0.20sd=var/spool/dj650:lf=/var/spool/dj650:sh:sf:sh
This is probably not the answer but...

There's a ":" missing before "sd=" in the above printcap
line.
> Florian v. Behr
Brett Worth

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