Re: NEW Samba + Printer woes
Wayne Topa wrote: Subject: NEW Samba + Printer woes Date: Sat, May 08, 1999 at 05:13:32PM + In reply to:Jose L Gomez Dans Quoting Jose L Gomez Dans([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi! I've finally installed samba + lprng on an ageing i386. I have two parallel ports, and a printer attached to each. I'm using debian hamm. This is /etc/printcap: # # Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted # provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given # to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University # may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this # software without specific prior written permission. This software # is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty. # # @(#)etc.printcap5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 # # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. # lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj4:\ :rm=143.167.116.166:\ :rp=raw:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ ?? :sh: :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Just a thought, there is no printer assigned in the above printcap, you have lp=/dev/null?? And this works using smbclient? Am I missing something here?? lp|lj|lp|Brother HL-10V:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#60:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet2p-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Note the :lp=/dev/lp0 if for 2.2.x kernels. If you are using 2.0.x it would be :lp=/dev/lp1 HTH Then, samba is set up so that anyone in our domain may print to this server, without needing passwords or stuff like that. /etc/smb.conf looks like this: [global] workgroup=radarcommunications server string=Radar Communications Printer Server hosts allow=143.167. 127. load printers=yes printcap name=/etc/printcap printing=bsd log file = /var/log/samba/log/%m max log size = 20 security=share socket options=TCP_NODELAY guest account=pcguest dns proxy=no [printers] comment=Printers at skint path=/var/spool/lpd/lp browseable=no guest ok = yes writable=no printable=yes [ljet] printer=ljet public=yes writable=no printable=yes path=/var/spool/lpd/ljet The other printer is not set up, as lprng does not want to print to it at all. cat filename /dev/lp2 works fine, though. I've checked the spool directories, and all have the right permissions. Curiously enough, if I use smbclient from another linux box, I can print without problems. However, things coming from Win95/WfWg boxes are sent to /var/spool/lpd/ljet, and stored there. It seems that lpd doesn't want to print them. A couple of days ago, with only one parallel port, everything worked fine. lptune says that both lp1 and lp2 use polling. I don't know what else to do. Any words of wisdom on that one? Cheers, Jose -- Jose L Gomez Dans PhD student Radar Communications Group Department of Electronic Engineering University of Sheffield UK -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null The printcap is designed to work with a remote printer, e.g. I use such an entry for a hplj with a build-in ethernet interface. If you like to use local printers (direct conected to your machine) then you have to define them in the 'lp' line without 'rm' and 'rp' line. After this step you can make it usable to others on the network via samba. Michael -- Michael Steiner, Minorgasse 35, A-1140 Wien, Austria
Re: NEW Samba + Printer woes
Subject: Re: NEW Samba + Printer woes Date: Sun, May 09, 1999 at 02:36:22PM +0200 In reply to:Michael Steiner Quoting Michael Steiner([EMAIL PROTECTED]): The printcap is designed to work with a remote printer, e.g. I use such an entry for a hplj with a build-in ethernet interface. If you like to use local printers (direct conected to your machine) then you have to define them in the 'lp' line without 'rm' and 'rp' line. After this step you can make it usable to others on the network via samba. I have my Linux printer available to my network also but don't use either 'rm' or 'rp' entries. Must be another way to skin a cat. Thanks for the info! I will add that to my samba notes. regards Wayne -- Real Time, adj.: Here and now, as opposed to fake time, which only occurs there and then. ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NEW Samba + Printer woes
Hi! I've finally installed samba + lprng on an ageing i386. I have two parallel ports, and a printer attached to each. I'm using debian hamm. This is /etc/printcap: # # Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted # provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given # to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University # may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this # software without specific prior written permission. This software # is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty. # # @(#)etc.printcap5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 # # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. # lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj4:\ :rm=143.167.116.166:\ :rp=raw:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :sh: :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Then, samba is set up so that anyone in our domain may print to this server, without needing passwords or stuff like that. /etc/smb.conf looks like this: [global] workgroup=radarcommunications server string=Radar Communications Printer Server hosts allow=143.167. 127. load printers=yes printcap name=/etc/printcap printing=bsd log file = /var/log/samba/log/%m max log size = 20 security=share socket options=TCP_NODELAY guest account=pcguest dns proxy=no [printers] comment=Printers at skint path=/var/spool/lpd/lp browseable=no guest ok = yes writable=no printable=yes [ljet] printer=ljet public=yes writable=no printable=yes path=/var/spool/lpd/ljet The other printer is not set up, as lprng does not want to print to it at all. cat filename /dev/lp2 works fine, though. I've checked the spool directories, and all have the right permissions. Curiously enough, if I use smbclient from another linux box, I can print without problems. However, things coming from Win95/WfWg boxes are sent to /var/spool/lpd/ljet, and stored there. It seems that lpd doesn't want to print them. A couple of days ago, with only one parallel port, everything worked fine. lptune says that both lp1 and lp2 use polling. I don't know what else to do. Any words of wisdom on that one? Cheers, Jose -- Jose L Gomez Dans PhD student Radar Communications Group Department of Electronic Engineering University of Sheffield UK
[ERROR!] NEW Samba + Printer woes
In my previous message, I actually sent the wrong printcap. Sorry for the large overhead :-/// The printcap I am using is: # # Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted # provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given # to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University # may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this # software without specific prior written permission. This software # is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty. # # @(#)etc.printcap5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 # # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. # lp|ljet|ljet|HP Laserjet 4L:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/laserjet-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: djet|djet|HP Deskjet 890C:\ :lp=/dev/lp2:sd=/var/spool/lpd/djet:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/dj550c-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Again, sorry for the annoyance! Jose -- Jose L Gomez Dans PhD student Radar Communications Group Department of Electronic Engineering University of Sheffield UK
Re: NEW Samba + Printer woes
Subject: NEW Samba + Printer woes Date: Sat, May 08, 1999 at 05:13:32PM + In reply to:Jose L Gomez Dans Quoting Jose L Gomez Dans([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi! I've finally installed samba + lprng on an ageing i386. I have two parallel ports, and a printer attached to each. I'm using debian hamm. This is /etc/printcap: # # Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted # provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given # to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University # may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this # software without specific prior written permission. This software # is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty. # # @(#)etc.printcap5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 # # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. # lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj4:\ :rm=143.167.116.166:\ :rp=raw:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ ?? :sh: :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Just a thought, there is no printer assigned in the above printcap, you have lp=/dev/null?? And this works using smbclient? Am I missing something here?? lp|lj|lp|Brother HL-10V:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#60:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet2p-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Note the :lp=/dev/lp0 if for 2.2.x kernels. If you are using 2.0.x it would be :lp=/dev/lp1 HTH Then, samba is set up so that anyone in our domain may print to this server, without needing passwords or stuff like that. /etc/smb.conf looks like this: [global] workgroup=radarcommunications server string=Radar Communications Printer Server hosts allow=143.167. 127. load printers=yes printcap name=/etc/printcap printing=bsd log file = /var/log/samba/log/%m max log size = 20 security=share socket options=TCP_NODELAY guest account=pcguest dns proxy=no [printers] comment=Printers at skint path=/var/spool/lpd/lp browseable=no guest ok = yes writable=no printable=yes [ljet] printer=ljet public=yes writable=no printable=yes path=/var/spool/lpd/ljet The other printer is not set up, as lprng does not want to print to it at all. cat filename /dev/lp2 works fine, though. I've checked the spool directories, and all have the right permissions. Curiously enough, if I use smbclient from another linux box, I can print without problems. However, things coming from Win95/WfWg boxes are sent to /var/spool/lpd/ljet, and stored there. It seems that lpd doesn't want to print them. A couple of days ago, with only one parallel port, everything worked fine. lptune says that both lp1 and lp2 use polling. I don't know what else to do. Any words of wisdom on that one? Cheers, Jose -- Jose L Gomez Dans PhD student Radar Communications Group Department of Electronic Engineering University of Sheffield UK -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
