Neil Aggarwal
2003-Dec-30 22:00 UTC
[Samba] Access denied, unable to connect to my printer
Hello:
I have a printer set-up and working correctly on my Linux machine
running Fedora Core 1. It is set up as a local printer called printer.
I set it up thru the graphical printer configuration utility.
I am trying to set it up as a network printer from my Windows XP machine
using Samba. Here are the lines in my smb.conf file:
[global]
encrypt passwords = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server
printcap name = /etc/printcap
dns proxy = no
load printers = yes
max log size = 50
security = user
os level = 20
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
[epson]
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
public = yes
printer = printer
comment = Epson Stylus Color 860
On my windows machine, I was able to add the printer as a network
printer and then
it asked me to locate the driver, which I did. Everything seemed fine
up until
that point, but when it shows the printer, it shows access denied,
unable to connect.
When I try to print a test page to it, nothing happens and the Windows
box is completely
unhelpful.
There is this line in /var/log/dell5100.log:
lpr: unable to print file: client-error-document-format-not-supported
My Windows mahcine is named dell5100, so they are talking.
Any ideas what this means?
Thanks,
Neil
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Neil Aggarwal
2003-Dec-30 22:43 UTC
[Samba] Access denied, unable to connect to my printer
Jason: I did what you suggested (Fedora definitely is using cups). The printer no longer says that it is unable to connect, but now when I try to print a test page, I see this message in /var/log/cups/error_log: I [30/Dec/2003:16:35:16 -0600] Adding start banner page "none" to job 3. I [30/Dec/2003:16:35:16 -0600] Adding end banner page "none" to job 3. I [30/Dec/2003:16:35:16 -0600] Job 3 queued on 'printer' by 'neil'. E [30/Dec/2003:16:35:16 -0600] Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job 3! I [30/Dec/2003:16:35:16 -0600] Hint: Do you have ESP Ghostscript installed? I [30/Dec/2003:16:35:16 -0600] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug". Any ideas on this one? Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, JAMM Consulting, (972)612-6056, www.JAMMConsulting.com FREE! Valuable info on how your business can reduce operating costs by 17% or more in 6 months or less! => http://newsletter.JAMMConsulting.com> -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Balicki [mailto:kodak@frontierhomemortgage.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:13 PM > To: 'Neil Aggarwal' > Subject: RE: [Samba] Access denied, unable to connect to my printer > > > You have two unrelated issues. > > 1) Your XP box is not authenticating correctly and > > 2) CUPS is incorrectly configured. > > To fix 1: > > Make sure there is a machine account for the XP box on the samba > server. Do: > > adduser machine$ > smbpasswd -a -m machine > > Also, you may want to add "guest ok=no" and make sure the > user you're logging in to the XP box as exists as a samba > user. > > To fix 2: > > Even though you've got "printcap name = /etc/printcap" I'm > pretty sure that Fedora uses cups. If not, then I'm giving > you incorrect advice, but that error exists only under cups, > AFAIK. > > uncomment the line (or add it if it's not there) > > application/octet-stream > > in your mime.types in your cups config directory (usually > /etc/cups/mime.types) > > JSYK: If you fix the second problem, the XP box will print fine, even > with the "access denied" message. But you still want to fix it. > > You may also want to add a "printing=" section to your [global]. > > Add "printing=cups" if it is in fact cups, or printing=bsd or > printing=lpr-ng or whatever. > > HTH, > > --J(K) > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: > >samba-bounces+kodak=frontierhomemortgage.com@lists.samba.org > >[mailto:samba-bounces+kodak=frontierhomemortgage.com@lists.samb > >a.org] On Behalf Of Neil Aggarwal > >Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:00 PM > >To: Samba mailing list > >Subject: [Samba] Access denied, unable to connect to my printer > > > > > >Hello: > > > >I have a printer set-up and working correctly on my Linux machine > >running Fedora Core 1. It is set up as a local printer > called printer. > >I set it up thru the graphical printer configuration utility. > > > >I am trying to set it up as a network printer from my Windows > >XP machine > >using Samba. Here are the lines in my smb.conf file: > > > >[global] > > encrypt passwords = yes > > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > > workgroup = WORKGROUP > > server string = Samba Server > > printcap name = /etc/printcap > > dns proxy = no > > load printers = yes > > max log size = 50 > > security = user > > os level = 20 > > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > > > >[epson] > > path = /var/spool/samba > > printable = yes > > public = yes > > printer = printer > > comment = Epson Stylus Color 860 > > > >On my windows machine, I was able to add the printer as a network > >printer and then > >it asked me to locate the driver, which I did. Everything > seemed fine > >up until > >that point, but when it shows the printer, it shows access denied, > >unable to connect. > > > >When I try to print a test page to it, nothing happens and > the Windows > >box is completely > >unhelpful. > > > >There is this line in /var/log/dell5100.log: > >lpr: unable to print file: client-error-document-format-not-supported > > > >My Windows mahcine is named dell5100, so they are talking. > > > >Any ideas what this means? > > > >Thanks, > > Neil > > > >-- > >Neil Aggarwal, JAMM Consulting, (972)612-6056, www.JAMMConsulting.com > >FREE! Valuable info on how your business can reduce > operating costs by > >17% or more in 6 months or less! => > >http://newsletter.JAMMConsulting.com > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe from > >this list go to the following URL and read the > >instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > >