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Robert Adkins II

2003-Feb-24 22:08 UTC

[Samba] PDF Printer issue

Hello Everyone,

	I have a slight issue with configuring a PDF printer on my Samba
servers. I have input the following into my smb.conf file and it does
create the printer as well as work to create PDF files, except that it
only functions when "printing" to that printer via Excel 2002. If I
attempt it with anything else, even the Windows Test print, it fails.

	Now, in the Windows Printers folder, if I select the PDF printer
the status box states that the printer is inactive and not ready.
However, if I browse to the printer through the Windows Explorer Network
Neighborhood, the printer shows up as active and ready.

	I am unsure quite what the problem is, which means it is likely
something very easy. There is one thing to note, I have not a single
Linux Printing Subsystem running on the machine as this server is not
being used for regular printing of any sort. 

	Here is my smb.conf section:

	
[purchpdf]
        comment = PDF Generator for Purchasing
        path = /var/spool/samba
        valid users = *UserNames Removed*
        write list = *UserNames Removed*
        printable = yes
        print command = gs -dNOPAUSE -dbatch -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
-sOutputFile=/share/purchasing/pdf/%J.pdf <%J 1>/dev/null 2>&1; rm
-f %J

	Thanks for any assistance that can be rendered.

Regards,
Robert Adkins II
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, Inc.
586-254-5800

Martin Thomas

2003-Feb-25 15:59 UTC

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: 
: Hello Everyone,
: 
: I have a slight issue with configuring a PDF printer on my Samba
: servers. I have input the following into my smb.conf file and it does
: create the printer as well as work to create PDF files, except that it
: only functions when "printing" to that printer via Excel 2002. If I
: attempt it with anything else, even the Windows Test print, it fails.
: 
: Now, in the Windows Printers folder, if I select the PDF printer
: the status box states that the printer is inactive and not ready.
: However, if I browse to the printer through the Windows Explorer Network
: Neighborhood, the printer shows up as active and ready.
: 
: I am unsure quite what the problem is, which means it is likely
: something very easy. There is one thing to note, I have not a single
: Linux Printing Subsystem running on the machine as this server is not
: being used for regular printing of any sort. 
: 
: Here is my smb.conf section:
: 
: 
: [purchpdf]
:         comment = PDF Generator for Purchasing
:         path = /var/spool/samba
:         valid users = *UserNames Removed*
:         write list = *UserNames Removed*
:         printable = yes
:         print command = gs -dNOPAUSE -dbatch -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
: -sOutputFile=/share/purchasing/pdf/%J.pdf <%J 1>/dev/null 2>&1;
rm -f %J
: 
: Thanks for any assistance that can be rendered.
: 
: Regards,
: Robert Adkins II
: IT Manager/Buyer
: Impel Industries, Inc.
: 586-254-5800


Robert,

Do you serve the printer-drivers for the workstations from
you Samba-Server? - Of not, set "use client driver" to "yes"
for the
"pruchpdf"-printershare (see man smb.conf for details). Consider
serving the driver from Samba (upload it and don't use the 
client driver option, see the howto-collection.pdf).
Here we use the driver "Apple Color Laserwriter 12/600"
served from Samba to Windows 2000(sp2,sp3) clients without
problems.

I also had to override the lpq-command. Try to set 
"lpq command = /var/samba/lpqdummy.txt" Where lpqdummy.txt 
only has one line with the text "no entries". Windows now always 
shows "ready".

Take a look into the Mandrake-packaging-dir in the Samba distribution.
(or http://cvs.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/samba/packaging/Mandrake )
Using their method (see smb.conf and samba-print-pdf.sh) works
better than directly calling gs with "print command". I had some
blocking issues with the direct call and large documents before using
this method.

Martin

Noel Kelly

2003-Feb-27 08:50 UTC

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[Samba] PDF Printer issue

Might not be much help but you could try and use 'use client driver =
yes'.

Also very nice PDF/Samba Howto here:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html	

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Adkins II [mailto:radkins@impelind.com]
Sent: 24 February 2003 22:09
To: samba@lists.samba.org
Subject: [Samba] PDF Printer issue


Hello Everyone,

	I have a slight issue with configuring a PDF printer on my Samba
servers. I have input the following into my smb.conf file and it does
create the printer as well as work to create PDF files, except that it
only functions when "printing" to that printer via Excel 2002. If I
attempt it with anything else, even the Windows Test print, it fails.

	Now, in the Windows Printers folder, if I select the PDF printer
the status box states that the printer is inactive and not ready.
However, if I browse to the printer through the Windows Explorer Network
Neighborhood, the printer shows up as active and ready.

	I am unsure quite what the problem is, which means it is likely
something very easy. There is one thing to note, I have not a single
Linux Printing Subsystem running on the machine as this server is not
being used for regular printing of any sort. 

	Here is my smb.conf section:

	
[purchpdf]
        comment = PDF Generator for Purchasing
        path = /var/spool/samba
        valid users = *UserNames Removed*
        write list = *UserNames Removed*
        printable = yes
        print command = gs -dNOPAUSE -dbatch -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
-sOutputFile=/share/purchasing/pdf/%J.pdf <%J 1>/dev/null 2>&1; rm
-f %J

	Thanks for any assistance that can be rendered.

Regards,
Robert Adkins II
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, Inc.
586-254-5800



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Buchan Milne

2003-Feb-27 13:42 UTC

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> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:50:12 -0000
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> Might not be much help but you could try and use 'use client driver =
yes'.
Better to install a driver on the samba server.
> 
> Also very nice PDF/Samba Howto here:
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html	
The script in packaging/Mandrake/print-pdf (or something like that) is
IMHO a better solution. I can expand as to why if you are interested.

BTW, Mandrake 9.0 and later have a working pdf converter out-the-box
(just need to upload a printer driver).

Buchan

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Chris Smith

2003-Feb-27 15:50 UTC

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[Samba] PDF Printer issue

On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 08:42, Buchan Milne wrote:
> 
> The script in packaging/Mandrake/print-pdf (or something like that) is
> IMHO a better solution. I can expand as to why if you are interested.
> 
Expansion would be appreciated thank you.

Florian Stahl

2003-Feb-27 18:48 UTC

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Hi list,

I have stepped over this description for Printing from Windows into PDF
files.
> >
> > Also very nice PDF/Samba Howto here:
> > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html
>
> The script in packaging/Mandrake/print-pdf (or something like that) is
> IMHO a better solution. I can expand as to why if you are interested.
>
> BTW, Mandrake 9.0 and later have a working pdf converter out-the-box
> (just need to upload a printer driver).
>
> Buchan
>
my /etc/samba/smb.conf has this section for it  (Samba 2.2.1)

[pdf]
   path = /tmp/spool
   printable = yes
   guest ok = yes
   print command = /var/space/samba/printpdf.sh %s %J %c %z %f
   lpq command    lprm command 
(I know the %J %c %z %f is bogus, I was trying to figure the document name)

Everything works fine as far as I start printing larger files - a Word
document containing 150 pages text (NO graphics!), I get only partial
results, a random part of pages of the original document.

It seems that my W2K client, whatever option I tried in the Printer Driver
Properties, starts spoolsv.exe to spool print data - that causes smbd to
swallow resources heavily (50 %) until spoolsv.exe finishes, and then cuts
off the rest of the data.

I have tried many different postscript drivers, including those with Large
Memory defaults for their machines, and every option in their properties
(i.e. dont use spooler, pass straight to printer etc).

I pretty much believe its a W2K issue, if I use the above SHARE-section
[pdf]
with "print command = ", I can print a 600 pages document, but of
course
straight
to happy virtual hunting grounds...

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.


Florian
(fstahl@xantury.com)

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