samba - Mar 2012 - samba server does not list shares of type Pritner

Samba server does not list/return share type of Printer.
It only does Disk and IPC$.

In /etc/samba/smb.conf, [global] section has
        load printers = yes
        cups options = raw

        printcap name = /etc/printcap
        #obtain list of printers automatically on SystemV
;       printcap name = lpstat
        printing = cups

There is this section.

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        browseable = no
        guest ok = yes
        writable = no
        printable = yes


The directory /var/spool/samba is empty.
cupsd and smbd are running.

When I run either command 'net share' or
smbclient -L localhost -U smbguest -N

I see only IPC$ and Disk type of shares.
It is as if Samba server is oblivious to the printers section.

Is it possible that this Samba server was built without the
capacity to use/display  shares of type Printer?
How would one know?

rpc_api_pipe: host localhost returned 1000 bytes.
     srvsvc_NetShareEnumAll: struct srvsvc_NetShareEnumAll

lists all shares but of type Printer.

-d 10 output shows this

doing parameter load printers = yes
doing parameter cups options = raw
doing parameter printcap name = /etc/printcap
doing parameter printing = cups

# cat /etc/printcap
# This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
# /etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
# will be lost.
printc57f1ju0105|printc57f1ju0105:rm=c57f1ju0105:rp=printc57f1ju0105:

# lpstat -a
printc57f1ju0105 accepting requests since Thu 29 Mar 2012 09:43:19 AM EDT

# smbd -V
Version 3.5.4-0.83.el5

# smbd -b | grep -i cups
   HAVE_CUPS_CUPS_H
   HAVE_CUPS_LANGUAGE_H
   HAVE_CUPS
   HAVE_LIBCUPS

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Shirish Pargaonkar
<shirishpargaonkar at gmail.com> wrote:
> ? ? ? ?printcap name = /etc/printcap
> ? ? ? ?#obtain list of printers automatically on SystemV
> ; ? ? ? printcap name = lpstat
> ? ? ? ?printing = cups
Have you tried:

printcap name = cups

?

I use it with success.
>From man smb.conf:
===============================To use the CUPS printing interface set printcap
name = cups. This
should be supplemented
by an addtional setting printing = cups in the [global] section.
===============================
Also check with testparm that your config is what you expect.

Chris

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Chris Smith <smb_77 at chrissmith.org>
wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Shirish Pargaonkar
> <shirishpargaonkar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ? ? ? ?printcap name = /etc/printcap
>> ? ? ? ?#obtain list of printers automatically on SystemV
>> ; ? ? ? printcap name = lpstat
>> ? ? ? ?printing = cups
>
> Have you tried:
>
> printcap name = cups
Chris, yes, that works. Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Shirish
>
> ?
>
> I use it with success.
>
> From man smb.conf:
> ===============================> To use the CUPS printing interface set
printcap name = cups. This
> should be supplemented
> by an addtional setting printing = cups in the [global] section.
> ===============================>
> Also check with testparm that your config is what you expect.
>
> Chris