Greg, If those instructions really helped you get Samba & CUPS up and running together, I don't want the $10US. I nearly pulled my hair out trying to figure it out, and just knowing that somebody else didn't have to go quite as crazy trying is enough reward. :)
So send it to the Samba Team. Cheers, Manuel Gomez -----Original Message----- From: WEBSTER, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 3:35 PM To: 'Manuel Gomez'; WEBSTER, Greg Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Samba] I will pay you $10US (via Paypal) out of my own pocke t if you can solve this CUPS & Samba problem. So where do I send the $10 :) GregW > -----Original Message----- > From: Manuel Gomez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: May 31, 2002 1:49 PM > To: 'WEBSTER, Greg' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [Samba] I will pay you $10US (via Paypal) out of my own > pocke t if you can solve this CUPS & Samba problem. > > > Greg, > > I had a heck of a time getting Samba and CUPS up and running > together, but > here are a couple of pointers. > > If you are serving Windows clients, and a Windows driver is > available for > your printer (not hard to imagine), you are probably best off > setting up a > RAW print queue in CUPS, and installing the printer drivers > on your Samba > server using the Add/Remove Printers Wizard. > > The documentation for setting that up is, in my opinion, a > little vague, but > it certainly can be done. The most simple way to setup it up > (in my mind) > is as follows: > 1) Make sure you have a 'printer admin = ???' directive in > your smb.conf, > where '???' is a comma-separated list of Unix users and/or > groups who will > be able to manage printer settings. Group designations in > smb.conf need an > '@' prefix (like '@group'). > 2) For testing, I would set 'read only = no' on the [print$] > share, and when > it's working, you could either set 'read only = yes' and > 'write list = ???' > where ??? is another comma separated list of Unix users > and/or groups, these > being the users who will be able to upload drivers to the server. > Alternately, you could just leave 'read only = no', just make sure you > understand the implications. > 3) Make sure the file system permissions will allow you to > create files and > directories under the path of your [print$] share. I would > put it elsewhere > than /usr/share/cups/model, because these aren't going to > hold CUPS drivers, > but Windows binary drivers. Then, create directories under > that path for > each Windows version you want to support. These are 'W32X86' > for WinNT & > Win2K clients, 'WIN40' for Win9x, and I can't remember the others. > 4) If samba is picking up your printers from your printcap, > you can skip > this, but otherwise you'll have to set up a share for each > printer you want > to share. > 5) Browse, from a Windows PC, to the Red Hat server in explorer. > Double-click 'Printers'. Depending on your windows version, > the following > may be different. I'm using Win2K, and this is how it goes: > Right click in the white space of the window, and select > 'Server properties' > from the context menu. Select the 'Drivers' tab. Click > 'Add...' then go > through the wizard. If 'Add...' is unselectable > (greyed-out), then the > server is not seeing you as a member of the 'printer admins' > list that you > set up in step 1, so start your troubleshooting there. > 6) Once you've got the drivers uploaded onto the server, you need to > associate them with a given printer, which you do by > right-clicking the > appropriate printer and selecting 'Properties', then clicking on the > 'Advanced' tab (I think this step is slightly different under > NT). In the > drop-down box marked 'Driver:', select the appropriate driver > (probably the > one you just uploaded). > 7) Now, on the client machines, install the printer normally, and the > drivers should automatically download with the connection. > > Let me know if that helps at all. > > > Manuel Gomez > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WEBSTER, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 11:35 AM > To: 'Blake Patton' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [Samba] I will pay you $10US (via Paypal) out of > my own pocke t > if you can solve this CUPS & Samba problem. > > > Nope, doesn't work, and I need the drivers to be available > and read from the > linux server. The PPD files do contain one which is specific > to my printer > and has worked on another machine. > -----Original Message----- > From: Blake Patton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: May 31, 2002 11:32 AM > To: WEBSTER, Greg > Subject: RE: [Samba] I will pay you $10US (via Paypal) out of > my own pocket > if you can solve this CUPS & Samba problem. > > > that looks ok, simply click ok and load the printer driver > from whichever > os version you are using. ie go get the latest drivers for > the printer you > want to use > and the os you have on the workstation. simpy those printer > drivers and it > should work. > > > Blake Patton > Spots InterConnect Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (403) 571-7768 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of WEBSTER, Greg > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 12:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Samba] I will pay you $10US (via Paypal) out of my > own pocket if > you can solve this CUPS & Samba problem. > > > Seriously. I can't afford to be down much longer or I'm going to be in > serious trouble. > > Running Redhat 7.2. > > Here's the scoop: > Cups is installed and running. > Samba is installed and running and is sharing files properly > to 100+ people. > I can print a test page from the Cups web-interface. > I can print a test page by "cat foo | lpr" or "cat foo | lpr.cups" no > problem. > Swat sees the printer that exists in /etc/printcap. > A print$ share has been created: > [print$] > path = /usr/share/cups/model/ > guest ok = Yes > /usr/share/cups/model/ contains a bunch of PPD printer > drivers inside a > directory called foomatic, created by a cups-drivers rpm. I > have also tried > having the drivers I need directly in the > /usr/share/cups/model directory > with no success. > > ...when I am on a windows box and try to install the printer > that is listed > (via the Printers control panel or by browsing to the > Printers share via > Network Neighbourhood), I get a "The server on which the > printer resides > does not have the correct printer driver installed. If you > want to install > the driver on your local computer, click OK". > > I really need to get this up and running. Please help. > > Greg Webster > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
