Richard Gansterer
2010-Feb-05 16:38 UTC
[Samba] using RPCS printer driver for a P&P printer
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with using RPCS printer drivers in a P&P printer share. Installing the driver onto samba went without a problem (followed the Samba howto "chapter 21: Add Printer Wizard Driver Installation") but after that, every time i try to access the printer properties it takes sometimes minutes to open or just doesn't come up at all (same behavior when i open the properties locally on the installed printer or directly on the server as a printer admin). So i either can't set up any default printer properties or it takes so long that its not worth the waiting time (if the properties windows shows up, every action i do in there will also have such a long delay). I can't find any error/denied or similar messages (or simply smth that would stand out of the usual) in the log files (loglevel 3). I can install the drivers on the WS by hand and use samba just for the printer queue fine (per-machine printer). But since i will have to install more printers i wanted to use the point&print method since it saves a lot of hassle. The printer is a NRG DSc424 and im using Windows XP. The same thing works fine with the official PCL6 drivers and i might have to settle for that in the end but the RPCS drivers give a better quality. It's not a permission problem either, using either root or a user with the SePrintOperatorPrivilege right (also it would probably show up in the log files otherwise). If anyone knows what the cause for those delays might be (even if its just that RPCS is simply slow in combination with samba) i'd be really happy to know. :) Thanks Richard
Is your problem this? http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2005-September/110571.html Richard Gansterer wrote:> Hi, > > I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with using RPCS printer > drivers in a P&P printer share. > Installing the driver onto samba went without a problem (followed the > Samba howto "chapter 21: Add Printer Wizard Driver Installation") but > after that, every time i try to access the printer properties > it takes sometimes minutes to open or just doesn't come up at all (same > behavior when i open the properties locally on the installed printer or > directly on the server as a printer admin). So i either can't > set up any default printer properties or it takes so long that its not > worth the waiting time (if the properties windows shows up, every action > i do in there will also have such a long delay). > > I can't find any error/denied or similar messages (or simply smth that > would stand out of the usual) in the log files (loglevel 3). I can > install the drivers on the > WS by hand and use samba just for the printer queue fine (per-machine > printer). But since i will have to install more printers i wanted to use > the point&print method since it saves a lot of hassle. > > The printer is a NRG DSc424 and im using Windows XP. The same thing > works fine with the official PCL6 drivers and i might have to settle for > that in the end but the RPCS drivers give a better quality. > It's not a permission problem either, using either root or a user with > the SePrintOperatorPrivilege right (also it would probably show up in > the log files otherwise). > > If anyone knows what the cause for those delays might be (even if its > just that RPCS is simply slow in combination with samba) i'd be really > happy to know. :) > > Thanks > Richard >