[Samba] Problems adding a printer share
I have added an HP Deskjet 600 to my debian etch system, using CUPS. It is working fine. I would like to set it up so that I can occassionally print to it from a Windows 9x machine. This is where I seem to be having trouble. I consulted the HOW-TO docs on the samba site, but they are quite detailed and confusing (for me). I don't want to do anything that will cause the printer to work for the Win9x machine, but stop working properly on the debian machine. I am probably wrong, but what little I did understand of the HOW-TO gave me the impression that it might indeed cause problems. I really need something that is more like A Dummy's Guide to SAMBA and Print Shares. The Win9x machine can currently see/access the other shares defined on the debian box. Is there an dummy's way to set the printer share up so that my Win9x machine can see it? Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Problems adding a printer share
Thanks to everyone for their assistance! This turned out to be the final hurdle. The MS link is no longer, but as luck would have it, I had a copy of the patch. I installed it, and Windows was able to find the printer! Thanks again! On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:54:05 -0400 Chris Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 21 June 2007, Michael Powell wrote: Windows still can't find the printer Win9x needs a patch to be able to print via IPP, see: http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/os/ms/ipp.html#6 Once the patch is installed then you can add the printer (a manual process - it wont show up in a browse list unless you involve Samba in the process). Chris -- 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
Re: Re: [Samba] Problems adding a printer share
Also-- Location /printers Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.2.* AuthType None /Location Dale Gary Dale wrote: Not an expert on CUPS either, but my server setup has Location / Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.2.* /Location where my local network is in the 192.168.2 subnet. I also have a Port 631 line in the .conf file. I don't know if it's necessary but you could try adding it. And after making the changes, be sure to restart CUPS. Michael Powell wrote: Looking at localhost:631, it looks like it should be all set up. Still, I went ahead and changed the conf file. The values with the '#' are what it said, and the uncommented values are what I set it to. I would think that all would be the least permissive, but Windows still thinks the printer is offline. I also checked the printers.conf, and the printer in question is set as Share Yes. # Enable printer sharing and shared printers. Browsing On BrowseOrder allow,deny #BrowseAllow @LOCAL #BrowseAddress @LOCAL BrowseAllow all BrowseAddress all DefaultAuthType Basic Location / # Allow shared printing... Order allow,deny # Allow @LOCAL Allow all /Location On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:02:14 -0400 Gary Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's very important that your CUPS configuration allows printing from your local network. If not, Windows won't see it. Check your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to make sure it allows printing from other than localhost. Michael Powell wrote: Gary, Thanks! I think there must be slightly more to it, though. If I give it that address (or anything like it), Win98 reports that the printer is offline that I can install it but can't print to it until it returns online. Since it is online, that tells me something is not quite right. If I type that address into a web browser on the Windows machine, it does show up. But there is something about it that the Windows print manager does not like. I tried it as you have it typed below, as well as: \\server:631\printers\printername Windows does not like either one. On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:47:33 -0400 Gary Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need Samba to print. As long as you set up your CUPS configuration to allow other local addresses to print to the server, you can print to it from windows using http://servername:631/printers/printername, where you replace servername and pritnername with the appropriate values. servername can also be an IP address. If this works, you can also (but don't have to) set up the printer to be shared via Samba by adding a section to your Samba configuration. I recommend that you use SWAT for this - it makes it easy. -- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Problems adding a printer share
Here is my whole cupsd.conf, as it stands now. I've restarted CUPS, and Windows still can't find the printer (it does find a pdf-printer, though). # Show general information in error_log. LogLevel info SystemGroup lpadmin # Allow remote access Port 631 Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock # Enable printer sharing and shared printers. Browsing On BrowseOrder allow,deny #BrowseAllow @LOCAL #BrowseAddress @LOCAL BrowseAllow From 127.0.0.1 BrowseAllow From 192.168.0.* BrowseAddress 255.255.255.0:631 DefaultAuthType Basic Location / # Allow shared printing... Order deny,allow # Allow @LOCAL Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.0.* AuthType None /Location Location /printers # Allow shared printing... Order deny,allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.0.* AuthType None /Location Location /admin Encryption Required # Restrict access to the admin pages... Order allow,deny Allow localhost /Location Location /admin/conf AuthType Basic Require user @SYSTEM # Restrict access to the configuration files... Order allow,deny Allow localhost /Location Policy default Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM Order deny,allow /Limit Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Set-Printer-Attributes Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Add-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs CUPS-Set-Default AuthType Basic Require user @SYSTEM Order deny,allow /Limit Limit CUPS-Authenticate-Job Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM Order deny,allow /Limit # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel a job... Limit Cancel-Job Order deny,allow Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM /Limit Limit All Order deny,allow /Limit /Policy Printcap /var/run/cups/printcap On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:47:08 -0500 Dale Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also-- Location /printers Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.2.* AuthType None /Location Dale Gary Dale wrote: Not an expert on CUPS either, but my server setup has Location / Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.2.* /Location where my local network is in the 192.168.2 subnet. I also have a Port 631 line in the .conf file. I don't know if it's necessary but you could try adding it. And after making the changes, be sure to restart CUPS. Michael Powell wrote: Looking at localhost:631, it looks like it should be all set up. Still, I went ahead and changed the conf file. The values with the '#' are what it said, and the uncommented values are what I set it to. I would think that all would be the least permissive, but Windows still thinks the printer is offline. I also checked the printers.conf, and the printer in question is set as Share Yes. # Enable printer sharing and shared printers. Browsing On BrowseOrder allow,deny #BrowseAllow @LOCAL #BrowseAddress @LOCAL BrowseAllow all BrowseAddress all DefaultAuthType Basic Location / # Allow shared printing... Order allow,deny # Allow @LOCAL Allow all /Location On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:02:14 -0400 Gary Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's very important that your CUPS configuration allows printing from your local network. If not, Windows won't see it. Check your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to make sure it allows printing from other than localhost. Michael Powell wrote: Gary, Thanks! I think there must be slightly more to it, though. If I give it that address (or anything like it), Win98 reports that the printer is offline that I can install it but can't print to it until it returns online. Since it is online, that tells me something is not quite right. If I type that address into a web browser on the Windows machine, it does show up. But there is something about it that the Windows print manager does not like. I tried it as you have it typed below, as well as: \\server:631\printers\printername Windows does not like either one. On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:47:33 -0400 Gary Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need Samba to print. As long as you set up your CUPS configuration to allow other local addresses to print to the server, you can print to it from windows using http://servername:631/printers/printername, where you replace servername and pritnername with the appropriate values.
Re: [Samba] Problems adding a printer share
On Thursday 21 June 2007, Michael Powell wrote: Windows still can't find the printer Win9x needs a patch to be able to print via IPP, see: http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/os/ms/ipp.html#6 Once the patch is installed then you can add the printer (a manual process - it wont show up in a browse list unless you involve Samba in the process). Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Problems adding a printer share
It's very important that your CUPS configuration allows printing from your local network. If not, Windows won't see it. Check your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to make sure it allows printing from other than localhost. Michael Powell wrote: Gary, Thanks! I think there must be slightly more to it, though. If I give it that address (or anything like it), Win98 reports that the printer is offline that I can install it but can't print to it until it returns online. Since it is online, that tells me something is not quite right. If I type that address into a web browser on the Windows machine, it does show up. But there is something about it that the Windows print manager does not like. I tried it as you have it typed below, as well as: \\server:631\printers\printername Windows does not like either one. On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:47:33 -0400 Gary Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need Samba to print. As long as you set up your CUPS configuration to allow other local addresses to print to the server, you can print to it from windows using http://servername:631/printers/printername, where you replace servername and pritnername with the appropriate values. servername can also be an IP address. If this works, you can also (but don't have to) set up the printer to be shared via Samba by adding a section to your Samba configuration. I recommend that you use SWAT for this - it makes it easy. -- 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
Re: [Samba] Problems adding a printer share
Not an expert on CUPS either, but my server setup has Location / Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 192.168.2.* /Location where my local network is in the 192.168.2 subnet. I also have a Port 631 line in the .conf file. I don't know if it's necessary but you could try adding it. And after making the changes, be sure to restart CUPS. Michael Powell wrote: Looking at localhost:631, it looks like it should be all set up. Still, I went ahead and changed the conf file. The values with the '#' are what it said, and the uncommented values are what I set it to. I would think that all would be the least permissive, but Windows still thinks the printer is offline. I also checked the printers.conf, and the printer in question is set as Share Yes. # Enable printer sharing and shared printers. Browsing On BrowseOrder allow,deny #BrowseAllow @LOCAL #BrowseAddress @LOCAL BrowseAllow all BrowseAddress all DefaultAuthType Basic Location / # Allow shared printing... Order allow,deny # Allow @LOCAL Allow all /Location On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:02:14 -0400 Gary Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's very important that your CUPS configuration allows printing from your local network. If not, Windows won't see it. Check your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to make sure it allows printing from other than localhost. Michael Powell wrote: Gary, Thanks! I think there must be slightly more to it, though. If I give it that address (or anything like it), Win98 reports that the printer is offline that I can install it but can't print to it until it returns online. Since it is online, that tells me something is not quite right. If I type that address into a web browser on the Windows machine, it does show up. But there is something about it that the Windows print manager does not like. I tried it as you have it typed below, as well as: \\server:631\printers\printername Windows does not like either one. On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:47:33 -0400 Gary Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need Samba to print. As long as you set up your CUPS configuration to allow other local addresses to print to the server, you can print to it from windows using http://servername:631/printers/printername, where you replace servername and pritnername with the appropriate values. servername can also be an IP address. If this works, you can also (but don't have to) set up the printer to be shared via Samba by adding a section to your Samba configuration. I recommend that you use SWAT for this - it makes it easy. -- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Problems adding a printer share
You don't need Samba to print. As long as you set up your CUPS configuration to allow other local addresses to print to the server, you can print to it from windows using http://servername:631/printers/printername, where you replace servername and pritnername with the appropriate values. servername can also be an IP address. If this works, you can also (but don't have to) set up the printer to be shared via Samba by adding a section to your Samba configuration. I recommend that you use SWAT for this - it makes it easy. Michael Powell wrote: I have added an HP Deskjet 600 to my debian etch system, using CUPS. It is working fine. I would like to set it up so that I can occassionally print to it from a Windows 9x machine. This is where I seem to be having trouble. I consulted the HOW-TO docs on the samba site, but they are quite detailed and confusing (for me). I don't want to do anything that will cause the printer to work for the Win9x machine, but stop working properly on the debian machine. I am probably wrong, but what little I did understand of the HOW-TO gave me the impression that it might indeed cause problems. I really need something that is more like A Dummy's Guide to SAMBA and Print Shares. The Win9x machine can currently see/access the other shares defined on the debian box. Is there an dummy's way to set the printer share up so that my Win9x machine can see it? Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Problems adding a printer share
I have added an HP Deskjet 600 to my debian etch system, using CUPS. It is working fine. I would like to set it up so that I can occassionally print to it from a Windows 9x machine. This is where I seem to be having trouble. I consulted the HOW-TO docs on the samba site, but they are quite detailed and confusing (for me). I don't want to do anything that will cause the printer to work for the Win9x machine, but stop working properly on the debian machine. I am probably wrong, but what little I did understand of the HOW-TO gave me the impression that it might indeed cause problems. I really need something that is more like A Dummy's Guide to SAMBA and Print Shares. The Win9x machine can currently see/access the other shares defined on the debian box. Is there an dummy's way to set the printer share up so that my Win9x machine can see it? Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
