Hi all,
I'm having a few problems getting samba to pass along settings for
various print options for all of our printers. Printers are set up using
PPDs in CUPS, added to samba via the cupsaddsmb command and then added
to windows clients via point and print. Unfortunately any print jobs
sent from windows appear to completely ignore many of the CUPS settings
such as duplex and print tray assignments. If I try printing from Linux
to CUPS then all duplexing and print tray options are honoured by the
print server. Anyone come across this before?
The long version - I've set up an Ubuntu 8.10 server with CUPS
1.3.9-2ubuntu3 and samba 3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3 on it. The CUPS server has had
several network printers added to it using both the manufacturer PPDs
and several PPDs from linuxprinting.org via the web interface.
For example, I've added a HP 4100 using the manufacturers PPD, and a
HP 4250N using the PPD from linuxprinting.org. Both of these printers
have a duplexer, and the 4250 has a second tray installed.
I then set the printers various options via the web interface of
CUPS, such as paper sizes, duplexing and extra print trays.
I've gotten the CUPS drivers from the website (
http://www.cups.org/software.php ) specifically the Windows Driver files
from this archive:
http://www.cups.org/software.php?VERSION=1.3.9&FILE=cups/windows/cups-windows-6.0-source.tar.gz
The following files from that archive were installed into
/usr/share/cups/drivers/
cups6.inf
cups6.ini
cups6.ppd
cupsps6.dll
cupsui6.dll
I then got the following windows postscript files from a windows
client and installed them into the same directory, renaming them to the
lowercase version of their filename
ps5ui.dll
pscript.hlp
pscript.ntf
pscript5.dll
Edited smb.conf to add CUPS printing
[global]
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700
use client driver = no
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
write list = root, @admingroup
Ran the commands to import CUPS printers into samba
cupsaddsmb -U Administrator -v printer_4100
cupsaddsmb -U Administrator -v printer_4250
Let samba know that Administrator and our admin group have printer
rights
net -U Administrator rpc rights grant Administrator SePrintOperatorPrivilege
net -U Administrator rpc rights grant admingroup SePrintOperatorPrivilege
Navigated to our print server and tried to connect via point n print
by double clicking on a printer. This successfully added the printer and
I was able to print test pages in windows.
I then changed several of the default options on printers via right
clicking printer name on the server -> properties -> Advanced ->
Printing Defaults so that we print A4 by default and duplex by default.
Also set postscript options to be "Optimise for portability".
Checked this by logging on to a different windows box, and
connecting via point and print and checking that all options are set.
All settings were carried across fine.
Tried to print duplex to both printers. This was successful.
Tried to print simplex to both printers. This fails. Tried to print
to a different paper tray than the default on a printer with multiple
paper trays installed. This fails.
Tried to upload the manufacturers PS driver for the printer, this
was successful and I changed the various printer options. From windows
still fails to print simplex if CUPS is set to default duplex, and fails
to print to a different tray than default. Can successfully print duplex
and simplex, and choose paper tray when printing from linux to CUPS.
regards
David
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