samba - Oct 2002 - Printing issue

I'm trying to setup a print server for Samba clients to use. I have a HP
LaserJet 4 connected to /dev/lp0 and I'm using the LPRng spooling package.
Documents printed from Windows clients make it to the printer. However the
printed documents, mostly Excel/Word documents, have various abberations on
them. Graphical flaws, the text seems fine. In addition I seem to get 2
copies for some reason. Also when I look at the print queue via Windows I
get, "Access denied, unable to connect."
I have no filters in place, using -l with the lpr print command, as I do not
wish to print directly from the Samba box. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jason Valenzuela

> I would check with HP for a more recent driver to load on the workstation.
>Also,if you are printing heavy graphics, you need to make certain you have
>plenty of memory in the printer.  Unix/Linux just passes the job to the
>printer.  The  printer
>will sometimes generate errors if it cannot render the complete image in
its
>memory before printing.
If I plug the printer directly into the workstations it works fine.

Jason Valenzuela

> What version of Unix/Linux are you running?
I'm running Linux 2.4.19, Samba 2.2.5, and LPRng 3.8.15. Everything compiled
from source.
> In your smb.conf file, do you specify the appropriate printing system via:
>
> printing = lprng (or bsd, aix, etc.)
>
> The command I use for printing is:
>
> print command = /usr/sbin/lpr -h -r -P %p %s
>
> Incidentally, if you are using postscript (or PCL) to print, the data is
sent as
>
> text for the most part.  So, maybe your -l option is not translating the
> character set appropriately.
I have
printing = lprng
print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -l -r %s

I just added the -l to see if it would fix my problem, it made no difference
at all.

Jason Valenzuela

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Valenzuela [mailto:jvalenzuela@dspfl.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 9:27 AM
> To: samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Printing issue
> 
> 
> I'm trying to setup a print server for Samba clients to use. 
> I have a HP
> LaserJet 4 connected to /dev/lp0 and I'm using the LPRng 
> spooling package.
> Documents printed from Windows clients make it to the 
> printer. However the
> printed documents, mostly Excel/Word documents, have various 
> abberations on
> them. Graphical flaws, the text seems fine. In addition I 
> seem to get 2
> copies for some reason. Also when I look at the print queue 
> via Windows I
> get, "Access denied, unable to connect."
> I have no filters in place, using -l with the lpr print 
> command, as I do not
> wish to print directly from the Samba box. Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason Valenzuela
> 
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Jason,

1.  Are you using the Windows native drivers?  If so, update them to
more current drivers from HP.  I'm using either NT/Win2k v4.3.2.38 or
Win2k/XP v02.12.02 of the PCL 5E drivers.  The MS-Supplied HP LJ4 drivers
 (and Lexmark Optra S and more...) have a host of problems.  Including
missing characters, graphics, etc.

2.  Run testparm on your Samba box to see/fix problems in your
setup.  Directory rights on the lprng or samba spool dirs may cause
the "Access Denied" errors.  Look at the LPRng How-To for the
correct syntax for the smb.conf entries.  Run checkpc -V -f to
see/fix problems in the lprng setup.

3.  If you're using the print$ share to distribute your drivers,
adding guest ok=yes may clear up the "Access Denied" errors.  Be sure
that you have "guest account" and "Map to Guest" configured
in smb.conf.
Use SWAT to get to the smb.conf readme for more info.

Jim