samba - Feb 2005 - XP SP1 Clients wont print to Samba / Cups Server

Hi All,

I have gained my basic Linux / Samba knowledge from
using SME server (www.contribs.org)

More recently I have started to use Trustix Linux to
build servers for specific things for example as a
print server.

I installed Trustix and the most recent Cups/Samba rpm's
from the repository (I am pretty sure they are the latest
stable releases) but I can check version numbers if this
helps.

I am going to desrcribe symptoms that may (hopefully) have
been encountered by others on the list.

I installed Samba and created a very basic (based on the doc
"Stand-Alone Servers") single folder share and added a printer
using cups.

I have the following scenario ;


I have a 20 x XP SP1 PC's and a MSB 2K PDC
I am trying to create a print server
I have built it and installed Cups/Samba
I can see the machine, printer and folder share in nethood
I can copy files from any PC to the folder share
I can view printer in the cups webmin
I can control and print test pages from cups webmin
I can run swat webmin and check my v basic config
I can "Add Printer" as usual using XP drivers
The printer shows as 'Ready' in printers & faxes
As soon as (instantly) I click print I get a dialogue
saying 'Cant print, unable to create document'
At no time do I see a print job appear in the queue using
cups webmin

I have googled until I am dizzy on this. Whats annoying is
that it all looks like its going to work apart from the very
last thing (the most important bit) i.e. Actually doing the
job.

I admit I have limited knowledge and dont mind being told
to RTFM (if you could include links to the relevent sections:)
When I read the Samba docs on basic printing using cups I
was really pleased (I didnt want to spend 3 months studying
docs just to get a simple printer server working:)

Any help would be really appreciated (Paypal available:)

Thanks (I have a just a few hairs left!!)

Graham Bentley

Hi,

Did you check the permissions of the spooling directory specified in the 
samba share? It would be the directory pointed to by the 'path' 
parameter of the printer share. You could also set the debug level of 
the smbd daemon to 10 and look at the logs. A quick grep for 
ACCESS_DENIED and WERR might throw up interesting results.

Sridhar

samba-bounces+sridhar.venkatakrishnan=trilogy.com@lists.samba.org wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have gained my basic Linux / Samba knowledge from
> using SME server (www.contribs.org)
>
> More recently I have started to use Trustix Linux to
> build servers for specific things for example as a
> print server.
>
> I installed Trustix and the most recent Cups/Samba rpm's
> from the repository (I am pretty sure they are the latest
> stable releases) but I can check version numbers if this
> helps.
>
> I am going to desrcribe symptoms that may (hopefully) have
> been encountered by others on the list.
>
> I installed Samba and created a very basic (based on the doc
> "Stand-Alone Servers") single folder share and added a printer
> using cups.
>
> I have the following scenario ;
>
>
> I have a 20 x XP SP1 PC's and a MSB 2K PDC
> I am trying to create a print server
> I have built it and installed Cups/Samba
> I can see the machine, printer and folder share in nethood
> I can copy files from any PC to the folder share
> I can view printer in the cups webmin
> I can control and print test pages from cups webmin
> I can run swat webmin and check my v basic config
> I can "Add Printer" as usual using XP drivers
> The printer shows as 'Ready' in printers & faxes
> As soon as (instantly) I click print I get a dialogue
> saying 'Cant print, unable to create document'
> At no time do I see a print job appear in the queue using
> cups webmin
>
> I have googled until I am dizzy on this. Whats annoying is
> that it all looks like its going to work apart from the very
> last thing (the most important bit) i.e. Actually doing the
> job.
>
> I admit I have limited knowledge and dont mind being told
> to RTFM (if you could include links to the relevent sections:)
> When I read the Samba docs on basic printing using cups I
> was really pleased (I didnt want to spend 3 months studying
> docs just to get a simple printer server working:)
>
> Any help would be really appreciated (Paypal available:)
>
> Thanks (I have a just a few hairs left!!)
>
> Graham Bentley
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