[Samba] Re: Samba and "Enable advanced printing features"

[Manuel Capinha]

For the record (and to help others on googling):

"Enable advanced printing features" is always off and can't be turned
on on Samba. It broke some printers on older versions (or something
like that). The main reason is that enabling this on Windows let's the
printer use EMF which is bad.
Read all about in on the Samba docs.

And talking about the docs, is there any chance of adding a small
paragraph about this ? Google failed miserably on this and the only
answer I found was on an archive of this mailing list.



On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:38:41 +0100, Manuel Capinha <mcapinha at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I'm having some problems with one of my printers, samba and cups.
> The printer is a HP Color LaserJet 5550dtn, working with Postscript.
> We're trying to migrate from a Windows based print server to a new one
> with Samba and Cups. Since this is printer is setup in a college lab,
> we're trying to keep everything as close to the old setup as possible,
> to minimize the problems with the users.
> 
> I've setup the PS driver in a windows box and the used the rpcclient
> technique to copy and set it up in Samba. Everything is fine, except
> that we're missing some (lots) of special features in the printer
> (like 4/8/16 pages in one, etc...). From my experiencing I gather that
> the problem comes from not having "Enable advanced printing features"
> checked in the "Advanced" tab under the printer's properties.
> So, I check the little box, press Apply and OK but everything stays
> the same. I re-open the properties window and the box is, once again,
> unchecked!
> This is working just fine with the old server. I've setup the level 10
> log in Samba but I can't read anything usefull in it..
> 
> Please, oh please, don't let this email go un-answered.. I'll buy you
> beer if you ever come to Portugal! :)
> Thank you
> 
> Versions:
> Linux distro is Debian testing.
> Samba at 3.0.7-1 (debian)
> Cups 1.1.20final+rc1-6 (debian)
> Windows clients: Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP SP1
> 
> This is my smb.conf:
> 
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = LTICIVMAT
>         realm = LTICIVMAT
>         netbios name = PRINTSERVER
>         server string = %h server (Samba %v)
>         security = ADS
>         passdb backend = tdbsam, guest
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>         passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
>         log level = 10
>         syslog = 0
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         max log size = 1000
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY
>         dns proxy = No
>         panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>         idmap uid = 10000-20000
>         idmap gid = 10000-20000
>         template shell = /bin/bash
>         winbind separator = +
>         printer admin = administrator, "@LTICIVMAT+Domain Admins", webmaster
>         cups options = "raw , job-hold-until=indefinite"
> 
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         create mask = 0700
>         directory mask = 0700
>         browseable = No
> 
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /tmp
>         create mask = 0700
>         printable = Yes
>         browseable = No
> 
> [print$]
>         comment = Printer Drivers
>         path = /var/lib/samba/printers
>         write list = root, @ntadmin, "@LTICIVMAT+Domain Admins", webmaster
>         force user = root
> 
> [dropbox]
>         path = /tmp
>         valid users = "@LTICIVMAT+Domain Admins"
>         read only = No
> 
> [hp5500]
>         comment = HP color LaserJet 5500dtn
>         path = /tmp
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         printer name = HP5500
>