I'm trying to set up a print server on a RedHat 7.2 box to share a
number of printers at my location with the Win 95/98 machines. I can
see the printers and I can install the printers but the test page print
is failing. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I can print to
this "test" printer fine from the server so I know the printer is
installed correctly.
Thanks,
Bryan
Here's the smb.conf file:
(I also want to use this server as a file sharing solution which is why
the [homes] is there... I haven't even started to work on why it doesn't
work yet!)
;
;
; /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
path = /public
smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
printing = bsd
lock directory = /var/lock/samba
encrypt passwords = yes
printcap name = /etc/printcap
writable = yes
printer = acctg_laser_q
security = share
preserve case = yes
workgroup = Arlington
server string = SAMBA
comment = Public
netbios name = FS1
log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m
load printers = yes
mangle case = yes
public = yes
default = global
[homes]
comment = home Directories
browseable = yes
read only = no
create mode = 0750
public = yes
[Accounting]
path = /var/spool/markvision/vir_queues/acctg_laser_q
comment = Accounting Laser
create mode = 0700
printable = yes
security = server
Ok now what kind of print filter do you have installed. What Is your printers Job Control Language (Postscript or PCL) . If you have default setup the x-windows programs I've seen output postscript so your printer may be postscript, but this was the default config in redhat 6.2 What you need to do is install the print drivers on the client machines and have the server perform no filtering on the input it receives. You can do this by changing the if=xxx line in /etc/printcap. ( Assuming your system uses BSD/lpd printing ) If you see the image sort of printed 3 times in rapid succession it means that you have a B&W printer that is receiving Color ouput and you need to change driver setting on windows machines to output only b&w I had a lexmark printer with a proprietary Job Control Language and I had to retrieve a custom print filter from the net. Then I had to go into the source and allow only 1 sweep of (yellow or cyan I think) of one color so I could print since lexmark didn't provide it's windows drivers to print only B&W over the network only color my jobs were printing 3x on the same paper. I recompiled the filter and it worked perfectly although it was supposed to run a little slower. Tyler -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed