smbprint strange problems
Rogerio Brito
rbrito at iname.com
Fri Aug 18 02:14:25 GMT 2000
On Aug 17 2000, Vasileios Zografos wrote:
> epson:\
> :cm=Epson color printer on Prodigal via smbprint
> :lp=/dev/null:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/epson/acct:\
> :mx#0:\
> :if=/usr/local/samba/bin/smbprint:
Is that your exact printcap? If so, then you might like to end
the "cm" line with ":\".
> Ok...now for the problems.... when I try to print something from the
> linux machine.....via lpr it spools but it gives me a message:
> warning no deamon present. I can see that lpd is running but I dont
> understand.
Well, lpd is actually a bitch to get running sometimes. I'd
recommend that you log everything from lpd (tune your
syslog.conf file for this -- sometimes, lpd is complaining
about something).
To see the problem manifest itself, run "lpc" and, while in
interactive mode, type:
> stop all
> start all
And see if there are messages about lpc being unable to
restart the printer daemon. I sincerely don't know how to fix
this situation, and would really appreciate a documentation of
lpd's parsing abilities.
Anyway, one more thing you could try is to put each printer
definition in printcap in a line by itself. Sometimes this
works.
[]s, Roger...
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