Many things might cause this but you might looks at the LPRng documentation,
where this nugget is found in the FAQ section:
============================================0.4. Job disappears and is never
printed, but lpr works
This is a rather disconcerting problem, and usually occurs when sending jobs
to either a network printer or a nonconforming RFC1179 print spooler. For
details about LPRng and RFC1179, see RFC1179 and LPRng, but here is a quick
explanation.
An lpd job consists of a control file, which contains information about the
job, and one or more data files. RFC1179 is silent on the order that jobs
are sent; however some implementations REQUIRE that the data files be sent
first, followed by the control file.
SOLUTION:
Set the send_data_first flag in the printcap for the particular printer, or
in the lpd.conf configuration file. This is:
:send_data_first: (printcap)
send_data_first (lpd.conf)
Note that some printers/servers INSIST on the control file first; You can
clear the flag using send_job_first@ if you need to.
=====================================================Joel
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 11:13:40AM +1100, Chris Williams
wrote:> Hi listers,
> I have been trying to get samba printing up and running with out much
> sucsess. the printer works fine if you cat things to lp graphics text
etc.. but
> when I use samba the job goes in to the samba print spool then dissapears ?
> any ideas please?
>