samba - Nov 2003 - Jobs hanging printer after printing

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help me out here.  I have an apple laserwriter
(postscript) printer attached to the network via ethertalk.  I have the
printer set up in cups, using the pap backend found here
(http://users.phg-online.de/tk/CUPS/backend/pap).  I then set the printer up
through samba so that windows (XP) users can print to it.  However if I
print a test page from windows, the job prints but then hangs the printer.
The printer status is listed as 'idle' but no-one can print to it.  If I
look at the printer status in the cups web interface the job which just
printed is listed as processing still.  It doesn't clear until I power cycle
the printer.  However if I send test prints directly from the linux server,
via the cups web interface, I can send multiple jobs and they print & clear
properly without hanging the printer - hence me believing that the problem
lies either with a samba setting, or with a setting in the windows printer
driver.  The linux server is yellow dog 3.

Any offers?  Here's my smb.conf:

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2003/11/17 12:06:25

# Global parameters
[global]
	workgroup = I&I
	netbios name = RICH_SERVER
	server string = Samba Server
	security = SHARE
	encrypt passwords = Yes
	obey pam restrictions = Yes
	pam password change = Yes
	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
	passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
	unix password sync = Yes
	log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
	max log size = 0
	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
	preferred master = Yes
	domain master = Yes
	dns proxy = No
	wins support = Yes
	hosts allow = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
	hosts deny = All
	printing = cups

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	valid users = %S
	read only = No
	create mask = 0664
	directory mask = 0775
	hosts allow = 127.0.0.1
	browseable = No

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/spool/samba
	printable = Yes
	browseable = No

[med2f15]
	comment = Apple laserwiter
	path = /var/spool/samba
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes
	printable = Yes
	printer name = med2f15
	use client driver = Yes
	oplocks = No

[Shared Drive]
	path = /SharedDrive
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes
	hosts allow = 127.0.0.1, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

[Med3F03]
	path = /var/spool/samba
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes
	printable = Yes
	printer name = Med3F03
	oplocks = No

Hi,

Thanks for the offer - I've tried setting the printer up in cups as RAW
rather than generic postscript (for the 'model/make section'), but it
made
no difference.  The windows driver also has options for various print
processors, I've tried RAW and TEXT but again it made no difference. Are
these the settings you were referring to?

Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: Rainer Hantsch [mailto:rainer@hantsch.co.at] 
Sent: 17 November 2003 13:13
To: Richard Stanton
Subject: Re: [Samba] Jobs hanging printer after printing

Hi, Richard!

I had exactly similar problems with my Tektronix Phaser (the queue name was
wrong, so the printer did something wrong) and with some printserver boxes
with buggy firmware.

Your problems are caused by some minor incompatibilities in the lpr
protocol.

You should verify that you are printing to the RAW queue of your printer,
whichever name it has. -- Check back with the printer manufacturer!
My Phaser names this queue 'AUTO'; though it also accepts any other
names
too, they do not work correctly and give similar results as youdescribe.
:-/



mfg

  Ing. Rainer Hantsch