Have you gotten any help with this? I'd like to set it up too but would like to know of any pitfalls before hand
-- Matt On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 08:43, Tim Wunder wrote: > I've recently read an article written in 2001 for Linux Gazette, > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html, concerning setting up a > PDF service with Samba. It looked rather interesting and fairly > straightforward to set up, so I gave it a shot. I'm currently using > Samba 2.2.0 (I know, I need to update...) as the server and the clients > are Win 2K SP1. > > The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to get any decent output. I > have Samba automatically load the printer as described in the > "Streamlining" section of the article, and that seems to be working fine > (the automatic printer setup part). Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to > be yielding a decent PDF file, I keep getting a 2-page PDF file with the > following on page 2: > ERROR: syntaxerror > OFFENDING COMMAND: %ztokenexec_continue > STACK: > -filestream- > > Perhaps someone here has a clue on what may be wrong. > > Potentially relevant troubleshooting bits below: > > The printer related sections of my smb.conf file: > [printers] > path = /home/netshare/spool > printable = Yes > printer driver = "HP LaserJet 2200 Series PS" > printer driver location = \\%h\printer$ > browseable = No > > .. file shares skipped ... > > [pdfoutput] > path = /home/netshare/pdf > force user = nobody > read only = No > guest ok = Yes > > [pdf] > path = /tmp > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > print command = /usr/bin/printpdf %s > lpq command = > lprm command = > printer driver = "HP LaserJet 2200 Series PS" > printer driver location = \\%h\printer$ > > [printer$] > path = /etc/samba/printdrivers > guest ok = Yes > > [LaserJetIII] > comment = LaserJetIII in Inv Ctrl > path = /home/netshare/spool > read only = No > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > printer name = LaserJetIII > printer driver = "HP LaserJet 2200 Series PS" > printer driver location = \\%h\printer$ > oplocks = No > share modes = No > > > $ ls -l /etc/samba/printdrivers/ > total 44 > -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 44386 Jan 28 11:59 hp2200_7.ppd > > $ cat /etc/samba/printers.def > HP LaserJet 2200 Series PS:HP2200_7.PPD:hp2200_7.ppd:::RAW:hp2200_7.ppd > > I've tested ps2pdf by creating a PostScript File printer in Windows, > printed to a file, then used > /usr/bin/ps2pdf postscript_test.ps > and got a good PDF file as output. > > I also tested the /usr/bin/printpdf script with the same > postscript_test.ps file and managed to create a perfectly good PDF in > the appropriate directory. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Matt Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
