samba - Jul 2002 - printing setup

I have the following in my /etc/samba/smb.conf, yet i still cannot print
from a Windows desktop client.  I can see the printer and it goes
through the motions of setting up the printer, it just doesn't print. 
It gives an error message about the network name cannot be found.  Yet
if I browse thru network neighborhood I can see the printer.  What I see
thouh is a name for the printer called Laserjet.

[printers]
   ; printer driver = HP LaseJet5L
   comment = HP Printer
   path = /var/spool/lpd/hp5l
   browseable = yes
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
   guest ok = yes
   public = yes
   writable = no
   create mode = 0711
   printable = yes

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Who is specified as the guest account in your smb.conf ?
I don't like the looks of your path parameter. Maybe your guest user cannot
access it.
Usually, the path is somewhere anybody can write to, like /tmp.
That path you have should only be seen by the print daemon.

Joel

On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 11:29:16PM +0800, Jon L. Miller
wrote:
> I have the following in my /etc/samba/smb.conf, yet i still cannot print
> from a Windows desktop client.  I can see the printer and it goes
> through the motions of setting up the printer, it just doesn't print. 
> It gives an error message about the network name cannot be found.  Yet
> if I browse thru network neighborhood I can see the printer.  What I see
> thouh is a name for the printer called Laserjet.
> 
> [printers]
>    ; printer driver = HP LaseJet5L
>    comment = HP Printer
>    path = /var/spool/lpd/hp5l
>    browseable = yes
> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
>    guest ok = yes
>    public = yes
>    writable = no
>    create mode = 0711
>    printable = yes
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
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I agree with Joel about your print path.

Samba notes:

(OpenBSD 3.1, LPRng 3.8.12, samba-2.2.5
with parsing fix for spoolss & samba-2.2.5 installed)
 
You need two paths for spooling, generally:

one for the print daemon (LPRng, CUPS, lpr, etc)
  /var/spool/lpd/%p  (%p being the printer name)
  dir is 700, files 600
  dir owned by root.wheel or similar
  files owned by daemon.daemon
  
one for samba
  /var/spool/samba/%p (e.g. hp4plus)
  dir/files are 777
  owned by root.daemon
  path=/var/spool/samba/hp4plus

Example for hp4plus;  using locally installed driver:

[HP4Plus]
        comment = HP4Plus by Graphics PC
        path = /var/spool/samba/hp4plus
        writeable = no
        printable = Yes
        printer = hp4plus
        use client driver = yes


[print$] notes:
dirs/files are 744 (maybe 644), owned by root.wheel

Example for [print$] share for drivers:

[print$]
        path = /eodc/printers
        read only = yes
        browseable = yes
        guest ok = yes
        write list = vansickj, @wheel

Hope this helps,
Jim


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel@HammersHome.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 7:20 PM
> To: Jon L. Miller; samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] printing setup
> 
> 
> Who is specified as the guest account in your smb.conf ?
> I don't like the looks of your path parameter. Maybe your 
> guest user cannot
> access it.
> Usually, the path is somewhere anybody can write to, like /tmp.
> That path you have should only be seen by the print daemon.
> 
> Joel
> 
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 11:29:16PM +0800, Jon L. Miller wrote:
> > I have the following in my /etc/samba/smb.conf, yet i still 
> cannot print
> > from a Windows desktop client.  I can see the printer and it goes
> > through the motions of setting up the printer, it just 
> doesn't print. 
> > It gives an error message about the network name cannot be 
> found.  Yet
> > if I browse thru network neighborhood I can see the 
> printer.  What I see
> > thouh is a name for the printer called Laserjet.
> > 
> > [printers]
> >    ; printer driver = HP LaseJet5L
> >    comment = HP Printer
> >    path = /var/spool/lpd/hp5l
> >    browseable = yes
> > # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
> >    guest ok = yes
> >    public = yes
> >    writable = no
> >    create mode = 0711
> >    printable = yes
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
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