[Samba] Windows 2000 Suse 9.0

Aaron Collins
Tue, 02 Dec 2003 15:53:49 -0000

I had a similar problem in Suse 8.2, by defualt the paper size is set to
the German standard of A4, you need to go into Yast and set the default
paper size to US letter.  Then try and print again.

On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 05:18, denis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> PROBLEM : I'm not able to use the printer connected to a windows 2000
> machine.
>
> INSTALLATION: I have 3 PCs.
>
>      - One is a windows 2000 PC with the printer connected to it
>      - One is a redhat machine
>      - One is a Suse 9.0 machine.
>
> The redhat machine is able to print to the samba printer, not the Suse
> one.
>
> smbclient -L //secretariat shows identical data on both Linux machines
>
> Domain=[TUX-NET] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
>
>         Sharename      Type      Comment
>         ---------      ----      -------
>         IPC$           IPC       Remote IPC
>         D$             Disk      Default share
>         print$         Disk      Printer Drivers
>         HPLaserJ       Printer   HP LaserJet 4
>         ADMIN$         Disk      Remote Admin
>         C$             Disk      Default share
>
>         Server               Comment
>         ---------            -------
>         SECRETARIAT
>
>         Workgroup            Master
>         ---------            -------
>         TUX-NET              SECRETARIAT
>
> on the Suse machine this command line prints "ouf" to the printer
> correctly.
>
> >echo -en "\rouf\r\f" | smbclient
"//secretariat/HPLaserJ" "tugudu" -c
> 'print -' -N -U "denis"
>
> In other words everything works but I'm not able to create a printer
> connection with Yast2. When I lookup hosts it gives the IP of the
> windows machine and never accept the queue name (HPLaserJ)
>
> Ideas ?
>
> thanks
> Denis
>