Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: samba
This was not an issue with the Samba builds with Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10. I
upgraded a couple of servers to 10.04 LTS (Lucid) and that upgrade
killed the Envelope Feeder on all three official / latest HP drivers
available for LaserJet LJ 4000 printers.
We had been using Point-n-Print to upload printer drivers to the servers
for about as long as it has been supported in Samba. That has worked
well.
I did not adjust anything with the print driver during the upgrade to
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid. However that upgrade killed the Envelope Feeder on
the printer.
The PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers print COM10 envelopes on plain paper from
the tray, and they do not even rotate the text 90'.
The PS driver print COM10 envelopes at least rotated 90', however still
on plain paper.
Inside the driver, the check box is unchecked for the envelope feeder in
the PCL5e / PCL6 driver versions. It had always been checked since I
built these servers / uploaded the drivers. The PS driver did keep the
setting for Envelope Feeder selected.
So I trying to clear out the drivers and reupload them, with the
following:
1) Stop Samba
2) Backup files:
/var/lib/samba/ntdrivers.tdb
/var/lib/samba/ntprinters.tdb
/var/lib/samba/ntforms.tdb
/var/cache/samba/printing/printers.tdb
/var/cache/samba/printing/HPLJ4000-PS.tdb
/var/cache/samba/printing/HPLJ4000-PCL6.tdb
/var/cache/samba/printing/HPLJ4000-PCL5e.tdb
/srv/shares/print/* (dir that has the print share for drivers to be uploaded to)
3) Delete said files
4) Restart Samba
5) From a Windows XP Pro workstation, login to the domain with an ID
that is a PrinterAdmin
6) Re-upload drivers
7) Check the check box in the driver for the Envelope feeder.
The check box would NOT stay checked in the PCL-5e or PCL 6 drivers.
The check box DID say checked in the PS driver.
8) Return to test workstation, reinstall the drivers over-top of the
drivers already on the workstation (same version drivers as before, HP
has not updated them recently)
9) Confirm that the PS driver DID have the Envelope Feeder selected
10) Try printing an envelope, printer LCD does indicate that it is going
to print an envelope, however 8.5 x 11 paper is pulled in
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WorkAround: I have moved to printing directly to CUPS via Windows XP
"Internet Printing"
The downside to that is I must visit each workstation to deploy the
printers by hand. IPP has no "upload / download printer driver"
capabilities. However all of the check boxes are functional, and
envelopes print properly from all three drivers available for HP LJ4000
printers.
** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Samba in Lucid upgrade killed Envelope Feeder on HP LJ4000 printer
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