I have used both with and without '_' and I am still unable to get Samba CUPS printing to work... in either direction (linux <-> W2K). I can even get smbclient printing to work.
Joe Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 13:03 -0700, Dave Sheckells wrote: > > Hello - > > I am trying to use Samba and Cups to serve a file share and a "raw" > > printer to a Windows 98 client. I am using Gentoo Linux, kernel > > 2.6.12, Samba 3.0.14a, and Cups 1.1.23. I can access the data share > > from the Samba server, but the printer share does not show up when I > > try to use it, even if I specifically type in the name of the share > > (\\data_dog\win98_photosmart) it still doesn't work. > > > > I had this working with this laptop and a "practice" file server I > > had, the hard drive died in that machine, so I've set up my new file > > server and I can't get this to work. > > > > Before I had either of the file servers I had installed the printer > > directly on this laptop. When I set up the "practice" file server I > > was able to make it work by changing the port the printer used from > > it's own usb to the printer share, \\data_dog\win98_photosmart (to > > change the printer port in Win 98 you go to the detail tab of the > > printer properties dialog box). > > > > I have been trying every different samba and cups option I could > > google for the last week. Please look over my smb.conf and cupsd.conf > > and tell me where I'm going wrong. > > > > data_dog ~ # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf > > [global] > > netbios name = data_dog > > workgroup = sheckellfield > > server string = samba %v on %L > > security = user > > encrypt passwords = yes > > wins support = yes > > local master = yes > > os level = 128 > > log level = 3 > > log file = /var/log/samba.log > > max log size = 50 > > hosts allow = 192.168.0. > > read only = no > > printing = cups > > printcap = cups > > load printers = yes > > > > [data] > > path = /srv/samba/data_share > > comment = %S on %L > > volume = data_share > > create mask = 0660 > > directory mask = 0770 > > force create mode = 0660 > > force directory mode = 0770 > > > > [win98_photosmart] > > comment = HP Photosmart 7150 > > printer = win98_photosmart > > path = /var/spool/samba/win98_photosmart > > browseable = yes > > guest ok = yes > > writable = no > > printable = yes > > printer admin = root, @wheel > > use client driver = yes > ---- > maybe it's just me but I've had problems using the underscore in machine > names and have resorted to only letters/numbers/hyphens > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
