sorry, if i post again, but at first time i did not get an answer :-( problem: when printing from windows clients to samba 2.2.9 PDC, there are strange entries in the smbd logfile: e.g.: smbd/service.c:make_connection(252) notebook01 (192.168.10.29) could'nt find service lpb8-a4-ra the strange thing is, that the service is names "lpb8-a4-raw". also the same with the other printers: service "hpusb" -> "hpus" service "pdfplotter" -> "pdfplotte" service "pdfprinter" -> "pdfprinte" can somebody tell me the reason, because i have heavy troubles with one of the printers, and i cannot locate the problem (wixp or samba). samba is reading the services from etc/printcap. debian woody / samba from source tarball / SMP server / kernel 2.4.19. etc/printcap: ==================================================================hpusb|lp1|hpusb|hpusb:\ :lp=/dev/usblp0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/cdj970-a4-raw-hp970:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/cdj970-a4-raw-hp970/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/cdj970-a4-raw-hp970/acct:\ :la@:mx#0:\ :tr=:cl:sh:sf: canon|lp2|lbp8-a4-raw|lbp8 a4 raw:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lbp8-a4-raw:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lbp8-a4-raw/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/lbp8-a4-raw/acct:\ :la@:mx#0:\ :tr=:cl:sh:sf: ==================================================================relevant parts of smb.conf: ================================================================== ... printing = lprng printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes ... [printers] printer admin = @edv comment = All Printers browseable = no printable = yes public = yes read only = no create mode = 0666 path = /tmp use client driver = yes [pdfprinter] printer admin = @edv comment = Drucker fuer PDF files browsable = yes path = /tmp printable = yes writable = no guest ok = yes force user = nobody print command = /var/kwnet/pdf/pdfprint %s %U lpq command lprm command use client driver = yes [pdfplotter] printer admin = @edv comment = Plotter fuer PDF files browsable = yes path = /tmp printable = yes writable = no guest ok = yes force user = nobody print command = /var/kwnet/pdf/pdfprint %s %U lpq command lprm command use client driver = yes