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On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 14:20 -0500, L. Mark Stone wrote:
> Just set up a new SuSE 10 Pro Box to perform as a file and print
> server. We noticed what we think is a defect in the YaST-created
> configs, and so I am asking here for advice as to whether I should
> open a bug for this on opensuse.org, please. I have no idea if this is
> set up the same way in 10.1, which we have not tested. After we set up
> Samba, cups and configured a printer attached to the box, we attempted
> to add this printer as a network printer to a WinXP Pro box. Without
> getting in to a religious war about raw vs. other forms of printing,
> our preferred printer setup method for most printers in small networks
> is to copy the SuSE ppd file to a network share, and then use the free
> Adobe Postscript printer driver installer and the ppd file to create
> network printers on each Windows workstation. OK, the printer
> installed fine on the Windows workstation but when we went to print,
> we got raw text spewing out of the printer. We noticed that
> in /etc/smb.conf in the global section there is a line "cups optons =
> raw". We commented out that line, restarted Samba and all was well.
> But, we also noticed that the lines in /etc/cups/mime.convs
> and /etc/cups/mime.types necessary for cups to support raw printing
> were commented out. In other words, the default SuSE Samba/cups
> printing setup is broken as Samba is configured for raw printing but
> cups is not. Both sides need to be configured to support the same type
> of printing for Samba printing to work without having to manually edit
> one or more files. This is more of a "fit 'n finish" issue and not a
> broken code problem, but is this the sort of thing that in your
> experience deserves a bug report to be filed?

-- 
Ken Schneider
UNIX  since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE  since 1998


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