samba - Apr 2000 - Problems with Intel Netport Printserver and Samba

Running RH6.0 I am able to print just fine from linux, the problem now is
getting smb printing working.  I am using an Intel Netport Express PRO/100
printserver. Previous to my upgrade from RH5.2 when I had the printer 
directly connected to the samba server, I was able to print just fine from 
the windows client machines (not using the raw method)

My /etc/printcap is as follows 

##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE cdj500 300x300 letter {} DeskJet500 3 1 
lp|HPDJ540|DESKJET:\    
         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
         :mx#0:\
         :sh:\
         :rm=192.168.1.100:\
         :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU:\
         :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter: 
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet3 300x300 letter {} LaserJet3 Default 1 
lp0|BROTHER_HL-10V|LASER:\
         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
         :mx#0:\
         :sh:\
         :rm=192.168.1.100:\
         :rp=LPT2_PASSTHRU:\
         :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter: 

This works fine from linux. OTOH, smb printing via samba doesn't work at
all.
NO data gets to the printserver and from looking around as I am printing,
nothing gets into the spooler queue either. (not 100% sure of this though) 

I pulled down my various samba books and started going through what I've
done
for previous clients and remembered it was usually easiest to just use a raw
printer queue and allow the clients printer drivers to format the document 
and
have lpd just pass it directly to the printer without modification, thusly:  

raw|raw printer for MS Windows Clients
         :rw
         :sh
         :lp=/dev/lp0
         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/raw
          :fx=flp



The problem is modifying this for use with the printserver, this is my most
recent try, that failed, can anyone see anything obviously wrong with the
setup below?

##RAW PRINTER FOR SENDING VIA SMB FROM WINDOWS BOXEN## 
raw|raw_deskjet1
         :rw:\
         :sh:\
         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/raw:\
         :fx=flp:\
         :rm=192.168.1.100:\
         :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU: 

TIA 

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After a pretty much all day troubleshooting session, the problem is
solved, samba was using by default the wrong printing command.  I added
the following to my printers share and now all is well:

print command = lpr %p %s 

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Okay, again, I can print fine from linux, samba shows both printers as being 
available, winodws loads the printer drivers for both printers just fine. 
However when I print a windows test page to the laser printer (lp0) it ends 
up on the inkjet at (lp), if I add a printer at lp1 with same settings as lp0 
and try printing, the same thing happens... <sigh>   

This problem appears to be specifically a samba issue as printing directly 
from linux, print jobs end on the correct printers and printing otherwise 
works fine, however, when printing via samba any job sent to the secondary 
port on the printserver ends up somehow printing out on the first port.

This box is running Rh6.0 and Samba 2.0.3-8. The printserver is the Intel 
Netport Express PRO/100.

I am about at my wits end and ready to dump both printers and the printserver
out the window. Somebody HELP please!!! <whimper>

#
# This printcap is being created with printtool v.3.40
# Any changes made here manually will be lost if printtool
# is run later on.
# The presence of this header means that no printcap
# existed when printtool was run.
#
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE cdj500 300x300 letter {} DeskJet500 3 1
lp:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:\
        :rm=192.168.1.100:\
        :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU:\
        :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet3 300x300 letter {} LaserJet3 Default 1
lp0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:\
        :rm=192.168.1.100:\
        :rp=LPT2_PASSTHRU:\
        :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:


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G'day all,

Harondel J. Sibble wrote
>Okay, again, I can print fine from linux, samba shows both printers as
being
>available, windows loads the printer drivers for both printers just fine.
>However when I print a windows test page to the laser printer (lp0) it ends
up on the >inkjet at (lp), if I add a printer at lp1 with same settings as
lp0 and try printing, the >same thing happens... <sigh> 
>This problem appears to be specifically a samba issue as printing directly
>from linux, print jobs end on the correct printers and printing otherwise
>works fine, however, when printing via samba any job sent to the secondary
>port on the printserver ends up somehow printing out on the first port.
Check your smb.conf. You are looking for the entry of your printer name.
I have \\crab\marlp42 as a printer. In my smb.conf I have...
[marlp42]
	comment=Inkjet printer under desk
	path=/tmp
	guest=ok
	print=ok
	print command=lpr -r -Pmarlp42_r %s

and my printcap has entry's for a printer called marlp42 and marlp42_r
marlp42_r is the actual remote printer
marlp42 is just an entry for local use on the Unix box as I need a filter.

Maybe you have a print command entry so it always goes to lp instead of lp0

Hmm, on further inspection I notice that the IP address for lp and lp0 are
the same! but maybe that is your Intel Netport printer server.

I would suggest this is a print server problem and not samba/linux problem.
Make sure you have the queue names correct (LPT1_PASSTHRU, LPT2_PASSTHRU).
To test if samba is correct, stop the queues on linux, print via samba to
each queue and then have a look at lp and lp0 if samba/linux is OK then you
will have one job in each queue waiting to print.
(You probably find, on the Intel printserver, that if a queue name is
invalid it defaults to queue 1 what ever that is called.)

	'ooroo

	Mike...(:)-)

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