>>>>> "mike" == mike hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
mike> I had the same problem. The fix is:
mike> 1. Using the print tool app, check where your default spool
mike> directory is. It should be /var/spool/lpr
It's /var/spool/lpd/lp
mike> 2. Put this path in the [Printers] section, not the default
mike> var/spool/samba
mike> 3. Finally, check the the var/spool/lpr directory has global
mike> write permission on it. If you don't, you'll get an error
mike> message back from Windows, and it will mark the device
mike> offline.
I have, and samba thinks it's doing fine, and a file does appear in
/var/spool/lpd/lp with owner smbuser and group smb, but a job does not
appear on the print queue, and nothing prints.
Are you sure there isn't a lower level print command than lpr that I
should be using?
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