I had the same problem. The fix is:
1. Using the print tool app, check where your default spool directory is.
It should be /var/spool/lpr
2. Put this path in the [Printers] section, not the default var/spool/samba
3. Finally, check the the var/spool/lpr directory has global write
permission on it. If you don't, you'll get an error message back from
Windows, and it will mark the device offline.
Mike Hooker
Support Services Manager
Canon New Zealand Ltd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Conrad [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 1999 05:27
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Samba won't print
>
> >>>>> "Axalon" == Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> Sharename Type Comment
> >> --------- ---- -------
> >> public Disk Public
> >> data Disk Data
> >> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server)
>
> Axalon> I see nothing of Type Printable/Printer make sure you have
> Axalon> "printable=yes" on the share..
>
> I have made progress since writing this last night. Following up on
> something I found at www.samba.org, I inserted the following lines
> into the global options section:
>
> printcap name = /etc/printcap
> load printers = yes
> print command = /usr/bin/lpr
>
> My current printers section looks like:
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> browseable = no
> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
> public = Yes
> guest ok = yes
> writable = no
> printable = yes
>
> And I now have:
>
> [root@serpent samba]# smbclient -L serpent
> Added interface ip=192.168.1.1 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.0.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Password:
> Domain=[CONSORT] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.3]
>
> Sharename Type Comment
> --------- ---- -------
> public Disk Public
> data Disk Data
> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server)
> lp Printer
>
> Server Comment
> --------- -------
> RECORDER laptop running windows
> SERPENT Samba Server
>
> Workgroup Master
> --------- -------
> CONSORT SERPENT
>
>
>
> And now windows sees the printer, and thinks it has printed to it. I
> still have the error message in log.nmb:
>
> [1999/10/04 12:05:21, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(362)
> find_domain_master_name_query_fail:
> Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name CONSORT<1b> for the
> workgroup CONSORT.
> Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup.
>
> which seems to happen every 15 minutes or so whether I'm fiddling with
> samba or not, but I also get:
>
> [1999/10/04 09:50:00, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(488)
> recorder (192.168.1.2) connect to service lp as user smbuser (uid=509,
> gid=234) (pid 9327)
> [1999/10/04 09:52:24, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(514)
> recorder (192.168.1.2) closed connection to service lp
>
> in log.recorder, and there is a file in /var/spool/samba.
>
> So I suspect that samba is doing its thing correctly, except that it's
> putting its spool file where lpr isn't looking for it.
>
> Does anyone know what the right print command is?
>
> --
> Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.world.std.com/~lconrad/ )
> (617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574
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