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[Erwin Authried]

 print command: lpr -r -P%p %s
Or comment it out, it should be the default anyway.

And add 	:ff=: to your /etc/printcap to supress formfeeds.

Erwin

On Freitag, 29. August 1997 23:23, samba at arvidsjaur.anu.edu.au wrote:
> I am having problems printing from Win95 and WinNT 4.0.  I have everything
> else running fine.  I have noticed that the print jobs do end up on the
> Linux server, they just never get printed.  I can manually print them with
> lpr.  I have included part of my smb.conf and princap for review.  After
> reading the man pages, FAQ and HOWTO, I added these lines to the smb.conf
> file in the global section:
> 
> ; Printer configuration   
>    printing = bsd
>    print command = /usr/bin/lpr
>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
>    load printers = yes
> 
> I don't know if I need them all, but they haven't helped.
> 
> Included samples:
> ******************************************
> 
> Part of my smb.conf:
>   
> ; Printer configuration   
>    printing = bsd
>    print command = /usr/bin/lpr
>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
>    load printers = yes
>    
> ; *******************************************************************
> ; ********************** Network printer shares *********************
> ; *******************************************************************
> 
> [Technology]
>    comment = Technology printer
>    path = /var/spool/lpd/lp
>    public = yes
>    writeable = yes
>    printable = yes
>    
> [Marketing2]
>    comment = Marketing printer 2
>    path = /var/spool/lpd/lp
>    public = yes
>    writeable = yes
>    printable = yes
> 
> 
> And my printcap:
> 
> ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL ljet3 300x300 letter {} LaserJet3 Default 1
> lp:\
> 	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> 	:mx#0:\
> 	:sh:\
> 	:lp=/dev/lp1:\
> 	:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> ##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet3 300x300 letter {} LaserJet3 Default 1
> Marketing2:\
> 	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
> 	:mx#0:\
> 	:sh:\
> 	:rm=129.93.31.7:\
> 	:rp=text:\
> 	:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> 
> Quinn
> 
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