> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Sep 4 18:03:46 2000
> From: Dr Andreas F Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 01:33:57 +0200
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: lprng 3.6.12 freezes Samba server
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm using lprng 3.6.12 to queue print jobs that are ultimately
> sent to a few Lantronix LPS1 print servers attached HP LaserJet
> 2100 priners. These boxes have very little RAM, so the have to
> try to cope with larger print jobs by pretending to be
> vveeeerrrryyyy slow. The problem now is that when a user sends a
> largish job to one of those printers (8 pages is the limit for
> him) via the corresponding Samba printer share, everything locks
> up (file shares as well as printer shares). The print job prints
> ok, but the user has to reboot his machine to continue working.
> This does not happen with some other printer, e.g. a HP Color-
> Laser with its own internal network card. Users can live with the
> fact they have to reboot every once in a while because Windows
> goofs, from Linux they expect something else ;-)
>
> Questions:
> 1. Would the current release fix the problem?
> 2. Are there any migration issues I should be aware of?
>
> Mit herzlichem Gruss
>
> Andreas Mueller
>
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> Dr. Andreas Mueller Beratung und Entwicklung
> Bubental 53, CH - 8852 Altendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Strangely, I know the answer to this question as I have had
the same problem. You need to set up a spooling queue on your
local system and have Samba send to the local print spooler
rather than directly to the remote system. You do this by
the following method.
Set up a printcap with the following entries. This will
force the lpr client to send to the server:
# for the clients
pr:lp=%P@localhost
lp:server
# you have the rest of your existing printcap entry here.
:....
After you do this, you can use 'lpc reread' and then
lpq -Ppr to make sure that you see the local print spooler.
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.astart.com)
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