Run the command
testparm | grep print
<ENTER>
<ENTER>
I have had one install of samba off of a Mandrake install use 'lp' (SystemV
style) as it's "print command"instead of 'lpr' (BSD/RedHat Linux style).
You want 'lpr'.
The odd part is that both where 6.5 installs. Go figure.
Christopher Cox
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> From: Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [expert] Printing over LAN
> Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:25 AM
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian T. Schellenberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > I can get the files over to the Windows machine on Samba, but
> > they don't
> > actually print. I know they get there becuase they show up in the
> > Windows printer queue, but then they vanish shortly thereafter without
> > actually printing. Whereas files printed from Windows itself go into
> > the queue and vanish only when they print.
> >
> > I don't see any error messages under Windows when this happens.
> >
> > On the flip side, I am unable to print in the other direction over
> > Samba; in this case, I do get an error message under Windows (although
> > it's an "undetermined" error) . . .
> >
> > Any ideas about what either of these might mean?
>
> Out of curiosity, are you running a firewall on the Linux box. I had all
> kinds of fun getting the SMB client/server stuff working between my
secured
> Linux box and a W98 box. IIRC, ports 137-139 need to be fully open
between
> the 2 machines. It took me 2 hours to find the necessary doco on the
> protocol to know what ports are required.
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Matthew Zaleski
>
