I'm running "Samba 2.2.3a-6 for Debian" and I've been largely
successful setting it up. I have one curious problem remaining. My
wife's Windows laptop (running XP Home), can see the printer on the
server (it apparently succeeds in connecting to it and initializing
its view of the queue), but it doesn't print. Jobs sent to it just
vanish into the ether.
I don't see anything in the logs...
Suggestions?
Be seeing you,
norm
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Is the printer installed on the XP machine? If so, a driver mismatch can cause this problem. I would start tracking this down by seeing if the job gets transferred to the samba spool directory (That's the one in your share definition.) Joel On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 04:19:37PM -0400, Norman Walsh wrote:> I'm running "Samba 2.2.3a-6 for Debian" and I've been largely > successful setting it up. I have one curious problem remaining. My > wife's Windows laptop (running XP Home), can see the printer on the > server (it apparently succeeds in connecting to it and initializing > its view of the queue), but it doesn't print. Jobs sent to it just > vanish into the ether. > > I don't see anything in the logs... > > Suggestions? > > Be seeing you, > norm > > -- > Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | If brute force doesn't work, maybe > http://nwalsh.com/ | you're not using enough brute force. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
/ Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> was heard to say:
| I'm running "Samba 2.2.3a-6 for Debian" and I've been
largely
| successful setting it up. I have one curious problem remaining. My
| wife's Windows laptop (running XP Home), can see the printer on the
| server (it apparently succeeds in connecting to it and initializing
| its view of the queue), but it doesn't print. Jobs sent to it just
| vanish into the ether.
After more fiddling (with some helpful suggestions, thanks!) and more
googling, things have changed, but not really improved. I can print to
the printer from other linux boxes. I have the right drivers installed
on the XP box. Now when I print a test page from the XP box, I see the
job get transferred to the queue *on the XP box*, but the job never
shows up in /var/spool/samba (which is chmod 777).
Here's my smb.conf:
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from mercury.nwalsh.com (192.168.1.100)
# Date: 2002/07/17 22:39:15
# Global parameters
[global]
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
encrypt passwords = Yes
obey pam restrictions = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:*
%n\n .
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
printcap name = lpstat
domain master = True
dns proxy = No
wins support = Yes
invalid users = root
printing = cups
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0775
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /tmp
read only = No
create mask = 0777
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
browseable = No
[cdrom]
comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
path = /cdrom
guest ok = Yes
locking = No
exec = /bin/mount /cdrom
postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom
[deskjet]
comment = Norm's DeskJet
path = /var/spool/samba
read only = No
create mask = 0777
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
print command = lpr -P %p -o raw %s -r
lpq command = lpstat -o %p
lprm command = cancel %p-%j
printer name = deskjet
use client driver = Yes
oplocks = No
[Music]
path = /share/Music
Any way I can get more debugging messages?
Be seeing you,
norm
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Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | The irrational is not necessarily
http://nwalsh.com/ | unreasonable.--Sir Lewis Namier