[Samba] Cann't get Windows XP system to find Samba printers

[Walter Willmertinger]

We had also this problem with Samba and Cups.
What I did:
In the system's /etc/rc5.d  I inserted  in S99local:

# Problem with Samba und Cups
(sleep 60; /etc/init.d/smb restart) &

this means: after the normal startup I restart the samba daemon. So it
worked. I found this solution somewhere!

You can try it by just doing a "smb restart"

Hope it helps

Walter

tj schrieb:

> I'll give this a try when I get a chance.
> ALso, cups is working perfectly, no problem printing to laser on the 
> Linux machine and accessing via localhost:631.
> Just need to get it accessable by XP box over network via samba.
>
> tj
> David Rankin wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Jeff,
>>
>>    I have my laserjet working well. I have pasted bits and pieces of 
>> my config for comparison below:
>>
>>> I have a Brothre HL-1440 laser on my Linux system I wish to share. 
>>> But, I can not get the Windows system to "see" it. I already have 
>>> disk shares That the windows system can access, so something is 
>>> working Here is my entries in smb.conf
>>>   load printers = yes
>>>   printcap name = cups
>>>   printing = cups
>>>   security = share
>>> [printers]
>>>   comment = All Printers
>>>   browseable = yes
>>>   printable = yes
>>>   public = yes
>>>   create mode = 0700
>>>   guest only = yes
>>>   use client driver = yes
>>>   guest account = smbprint
>>>   path = /home/smbprint
>>>
>>
>> Try
>> [printers]
>>
>>            comment = The Printers
>>
>>            path = /var/spool/samba
>>
>>            guest ok = Yes
>>
>>            public = Yes
>>
>>            writeable = no
>>
>>            printable = Yes
>>
>>            browseable = no
>>
>>
>>> in cups.conf
>>> <Location /printers>
>>> #
>>> # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with 
>>> Allow
>>> # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
>>> #
>>> AuthType None
>>> Order Deny,Allow
>>> Deny From None
>>> Allow From All
>>> </Location>
>>>
>>> mine.convs
>>> application/octet-stream        application/vnd.cups-raw        
>>> 0       -
>>>
>>> mime.types
>>> application/octet-stream
>>>
>>> But, when I try to add a network printer on the XP system it lists 
>>> the network and the name of the Linux system. But, no printers under 
>>> the Linux system.
>>>
>>> Running cups adminisration shows the printer named 1440 and ready 
>>> for jobs.
>>>
>>> What else do I need to do?
>>>
>>> tj
>>>
>>
>> Mine works like this:
>>
>> <Location />
>> Order Deny,Allow
>> Deny From All
>> Allow From 127.0.0.1
>> Allow From 127.0.0.2
>> Allow From @LOCAL
>> </Location>
>>
>> #<Location /printers>
>> #
>> # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes (I don't use 
>> this at all)
>> #
>> #</Location>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Make sure cups has created the printers.conf for your printer (example):
>>
>> # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.19
>>
>> # Written by cupsd on Mon 17 May 2004 06:57:09 PM CDT
>>
>> <DefaultPrinter HP_LJ4>
>>
>> Info HP Laserjet 4
>>
>> Location
>>
>> DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
>>
>> State Idle
>>
>> Accepting Yes
>>
>> JobSheets none none
>>
>> QuotaPeriod 0
>>
>> PageLimit 0
>>
>> KLimit 0
>>
>> </Printer>
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, are you able to access cups via http://localhost:631
>>
>>>
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