Hi Matt:
Your question got me thinking and I realized that it's been a long
while since I worked with this kind of detail. So I found a link to
a reference which provides the information which I felt was as
complete as it should be. There are links from there to other
resources regarding Webmin, Cups, etc which should be useful in
helping you spot your errors; that is, you'll see your errors as you
go through the references. Here's the link:
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/1625.html
I have no use for Windows but even instructions for how to get it to
see the same thing linux does is also included.
All the best...
On Jun 14, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Matt Smith wrote:
I'm sorry if this is the wrong list. Hopefully someone can help
me, or point me in the right direction. I've used Linux/Unix for a
long time, but I'm rather new at administering one. So you'll have
to forgive me if this comes across a bit newbie-ish.
I have Samba sharing my hard drive, but I'm having a rather
difficult time sharing my HP PhotoSmart 7150, and I'm stuck.
I was able to configure the printer via CUPS, print a test page and
all that just fine.
I have verified that my printer shows up in my /etc/cups/
printers.conf:
[/etc/cups]
# more printers.conf
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.2.8
# Written by cupsd on 2008-06-07 20:55
<DefaultPrinter hp_photosmart_7150>
Info hp photosmart 7150
Location Local Printer
DeviceURI hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/
usb_device_ffffffff_ffffffff_noserial_printer_MY2693229
S2F
State Idle
StateTime 1212891471
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>
I added a printer section to my smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = MSHOME
server string = Matt's Server
security = share
hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
load printers = yes
printcap name = /etc/printcap
printing = cups
cups options = raw
guest account = nobody
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
passdb backend = tdbsam
dns proxy = no
[Pictures]
comment = Pictures
path = /home/share/pictures
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
public = yes
read only = no
[Music]
comment = Music
path = /home/share/music
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
public = yes
read only = no
[Temp]
comment = Temporary stuff
path = /home/share/Temp
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
public = yes
read only = no
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
printer admin = root
browseable = no
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
use client driver = yes
Here's the versions of the relevant systems:
# yum list installed | grep -i samba
samba-client.ppc 3.0.24-6.fc5
installed
samba-common.ppc 3.0.24-6.fc5
installed
[/boot/etc]
# yum list installed | grep -i cups
cups.ppc 1:1.2.8-1
installed
cups-libs.ppc 1:1.2.8-1
installed
hal-cups-utils.ppc 0.5.5-1.2.fc5.2
installed
libgnomecups.ppc 0.2.2-3.2.1
installed
I have restarted Samba (/etc/init.d/smb restart), but I can't see
the printer listed when I try to browse to it from my Windows XP
box. I even tried connecting to it directly from Windows by using \
\hostname\hp_photosmart_7150, but it still can't find it.
As a side note, when I configured the printer via CUPS, I had 4
variants to add, and I just selected the first one. The other 3
show up as "hp photosmart 7150 USB #1", "HP photosmart 7150 USB
MY2693229S2F HPLIP", and "HPLIP Fax". What is that all about?
Thanks for any help you can give me in advance.
- Matt
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