still have this problems using the hp psc750. found now some funny entries in my logs...
printing/print_cups.c:cups_job_submit(756) Unable to print file to usblp0 - client-error-document-format-not-supported : 2 Time(s) seems that i have a format-problem....but where??? HEEEEEEEEEEELP!! > > X-Enigmail-Version: 0.76.7.0 > X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >> [Samba] Samba 3.0 and the HP PSC 750 printer (printing over cups) >> >> * To: samba at listsdotsambadotorg >> * Subject: [Samba] Samba 3.0 and the HP PSC 750 printer (printing >> over cups) >> * From: "Grosswiler Roger" <roger at gwchdotnet> >> * Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:34:27 +0100 (CET) >> >> hi all, >> >> i have samba 3.0 on a fedora-linux running. almost everyting works fine, >> except one printer, my hp psc 750 (connected via usb) is not printing >> via >> samba. >> >> I get pages printed (via cups or whatever) if i print from the >> localhost. >> >> So, here a few data from my smb.conf: >> printcap name = cups >> printing = cups >> load printers = yes >> [printers] >> comment = All Printers >> path = /var/spool/samba >> browseable = no >> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print >> public = yes >> guest ok = yes >> writable = no >> printable = yes >> >> any idea?? >> > > If there is a "PPD" file involved with your printing setup, > have you by any chance checked it against the online CUPS PPD > validator? See here: > > http://www.cups.org/testppd > > or run the "cupstestppd" program yourself.... cupstest: cupstestppd /etc/cups/ppd/usblp0.ppd /etc/cups/ppd/usblp0.ppd: PASS a nice result....the printer prints locally without any problem. its just samba no printing... see info at top from my logs. > > Which version of CUPS are you using? Which drivers are you > using on the Windows client side? > > If you are using by any chance the "client sends PostScript, > CUPS converts for non-PS target printer"-approach, then: > which PostScript driver are you using on the clients? > > There is a little issue with the PPD generated by PPD-o-matic > (on http://www.linuxprinting.org/): The user visible translation > strings, indicating the print options for the various GUIs, may > contain more than 40 characters (which is "legal" according to > the Adobe PPD specification), but the CUPS PostScript driver for > WinNT/2k/XP does not correctly work with these PPDs.... > > There are 3 possible workarounds: > > * enable the checkbox of the online-PPD-generator at Linuxprinting.org > to limit the strings to 40 chars per line and generate a new PPD > for the HP PSC 750: > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=hpijs > (don't forget to check the "GUI texts limited to 39 characters" > box!) > > * use the Adobe PostScript drivers instead of the CUPS PostScript > driver (may give you some other drawbacks) > > * upgrade to the current RC1 of the version 5 of the CUPS PostScript > driver (which now is digesting 80 characters per string) > > Cheers, > Kurt > > -- > 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