I would remove [printers] since neither you or I know what it really does. Now, when you print locally, you print to the queue nec? This will depend on the lpr command (lpr -Pnec) or if you just use lpr the first printer defined in you /etc/princap will be invoked. Joel
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:50:34PM -0700, Dan Sawyer wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Well, actually, no, I haven't been able to wrap my brain around how it works > beyond the bare concepturals you outlined. > Attatched is the printer secton of my samba.conf - perhaps it will be > enlightening. I tried modifying my conf based on your conf but it doesn't > seem to make any difference. I still print from a local program and get > nothing on the other end - including nothing dumped into the designated > directories. > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > create mask = 0700 > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > browseable = No > > [nec] > comment = NEC Superscript 1200 > path = /var/spool/samba > guest account = guest > read only = No > create mask = 0700 > guest ok = Yes > hosts allow = 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.102 192.168.1.103 > printable = Yes > postscript = Yes > lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Pps > lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Pps %j > lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold z53 %j > lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release z53 %j > printer name = nec > printer driver = client > share modes = No > > > Any ideas? > Thanks in advance! > - -Dan > > > On Thursday 03 October 2002 15:23, Joel Hammer wrote: > > Do you understand how printing works with samba? > > Essentially, you just transfer the file to the samba spool directory, and > > invoke lpr to print the file. You will need to look at your smb.conf file > > to see what is supposed to happen. I would set up a share just for your > > printer and not rely on the generic printer share that smb.conf comes with. > > > > Here is the sort of printer share I have: > > This take a postscript file as input, invokes lpr to print to queue ps on > > the server, which translates postscript files for my lexmark printer. > > > > Joel > > > > > > > > [ps] > > path = /tmp > > read only = No > > create mask = 0700 > > guest ok = yes > > hosts allow = 192.168. > > printable = Yes > > printing = lprng > > print command = echo %J %p %s >> /tmp/junkJ;\ > > a="`echo '%J' | sed "s/^.*- //"`" ;\ > > echo This is truncated $a >> /tmp/junkJ;\ > > /usr/bin/lpr -Pps -J"$a" %s;\ > > rm %s > > lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Pps > > lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Pps %j > > lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold z53 %j > > lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release z53 %j > > share modes = No > > use client driver = yes > > > > On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 12:47:27PM -0700, Dan Sawyer wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hello, everyone - > > > > > > I've been trying for two weeks now to get my print server operational > > > under Samba. After walking through the howtos and tweaking the configs > > > per spec, it just ain't working. Printing from a client machine sends, > > > and then nothing happens. No error messages or anything similar. > > > > > > Printing from the server works fine, but not from the clients. > > > > > > Setup: > > > > > > 4 machine network, 3 clients, 1 samba file/print server > > > SuSE 7.3 running on all machines. > > > HP 2P parallel printer on lp0 of server > > > > > > What else can I tell you to help figure this out? > > > - -Dan Sawyer > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > > > > > iD8DBQE9nJ7TaB8ur/y6V8gRArm9AJ9rRc8yhDm5Catchqv4SXedOqs5qwCfSWS/ > > > 2IayciR10uTYysD/3F24UdE= > > > =TMQV > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9nNfOaB8ur/y6V8gRAsaBAJwLk5k4IuiQcg/z0cXD4KQ7zHi8IwCgng6e > 4TZ1KYv9KL4HMVozLwg1/HY= > =h7oP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > 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
