samba - Apr 2003 - Printing from Linux to an NT printer

Hello, Samba team! I am very new to Linux and Samba, so probably my problem is
that I need to study more Linux basic concepts, but in the meanwhile, I need to
get this working:

I have to print from a Linux Suse 7.2 box, where I have installed Samba, to a
printer connected to an NT box. I have found things written for printing the
other way around, but not too much this way. I defined a printer called smb in
etc/printcap:

smb:\
    :lp=/dev/lp1:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/smb:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/smb/acct:\
    :if=/usr/bin/smbprint:\
    :mx#0:

I also created the directory smb in /var/spool/lpd (with group and owner lp),
the file acct in /var/spool/lpd/smb  (with group and owner lp), and the .config
file in the same directory with information about the server, service and
password  (with group and owner root). I am not sure about what the group and
owner should be.
I edited the smbprint file in /usr/bin as explained in David Wood's SMB
HOWTO.
But when I write the command "lpr -Psmb myfile" I get the message: 

Bad termcap entry
lpr: smb: unknown printer

I tried editing the smb.conf file as I read somewhere, but I still recieve the
same message.

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Greetings, LauZ

You have to run checkpc -f once you have set up your queue, and then
restart your lpd.

Just so you don't get too mystified by the complexity added by those helpful
scripts, all you are doing is using the smbclient comand to print.
This doesn't need smbd running or an smb.conf, just smbclient.
Joel


On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 09:49:26AM -0300, Sistemas
wrote:
> 
> Hello, Samba team! I am very new to Linux and Samba, so probably my problem
is that I need to study more Linux basic concepts, but in the meanwhile, I need
to get this working:
> 
> I have to print from a Linux Suse 7.2 box, where I have installed Samba, to
a printer connected to an NT box. I have found things written for printing the
other way around, but not too much this way. I defined a printer called smb in
etc/printcap:
> 
> smb:\
>     :lp=/dev/lp1:\
>     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/smb:\
>     :af=/var/spool/lpd/smb/acct:\
>     :if=/usr/bin/smbprint:\
>     :mx#0:
> 
> I also created the directory smb in /var/spool/lpd (with group and owner
lp), the file acct in /var/spool/lpd/smb  (with group and owner lp), and the
.config file in the same directory with information about the server, service
and password  (with group and owner root). I am not sure about what the group
and owner should be.
> I edited the smbprint file in /usr/bin as explained in David Wood's SMB
HOWTO.
> But when I write the command "lpr -Psmb myfile" I get the
message:
> 
> Bad termcap entry
> lpr: smb: unknown printer
> 
> I tried editing the smb.conf file as I read somewhere, but I still recieve
the same message.
> 
> Thank you very much in advance for your help.
> 
> Greetings, LauZ
> 
> 
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