A newbie question

[Buchan Milne]

You're in luck, you have found another Linux-Mandrake user. I saw in the
expert list a post that said that the samba-client package is broken
regarding printing in LM7.2. New packages are available at 
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/

I haven't tried these yet ....

Buchan

Peter Leif Rasmussen wrote:
> 
> I am terribly sorry to ask this supposedly FAQ, but I am enough in
> distress that I don't know where else to ask. If this place turns out to
> the wrong place to ask please tell me where to. I did go through a
> number of emails in the archives, but couldn't pin point one that
> discussed my exact problem.
> 
> Basically I want to print out from a Linux machine recently installed
> with Mandrake 7.2 to an HP4000 printer that sits on an NT4 server. With
> all the configuration tools in Mandrake 7.2 I hoped that the Samba
> configuration would be a breeze. I do however not know anything about
> neither NT4 and its way of printing, nor do I really understand what I
> must look for and do in the Samba configuration.
> 
> Using "smbclient -L 89.1.1.23" I got the following, which I believe is
> the right info (I filtered out everything else):
> 
> Sharename      Type      Comment
> ---------      ----      -------
> prtb2s1        Printer   HP printer
> 
> Server               Comment
> ---------            -------
> NTMAIN               Main NT  SERVER (PDC)
> 
> Workgroup            Master
> ---------            -------
> THRANE               NTMAIN
> 
> So while using 'printerdrake' to configure a printer with Samba (and
> CUPS) I say that:
> 
> Name of printer:  lp
> SMB Server Host:  NTMAIN
> SMB Server IP:    89.1.1.23
> Share Name:       prtb2s1
> User Name:        plr
> Password:         ******       (I use my Windows network password)
> Workgroup:        THRANE
> 
> I select HP Laserjet 4000 from the CUPS menu, which corresponds with the
> actual printer, but when I then select to print out a test page I always
> get:
> 
> lpr: unable to print file: Not Accepting Jobs
> 
> And in a new window the following is displayed:
> 
>    Test page(s) have been sent to the printer daemon.
>    This may take a little time before printer start.
>    Printing status:
>    lp is not ready
> 
>    Does it work properly?
> 
> I have tried fiddling with all the values in many ways, but as I don't
> really understand what is necessary and what is going on I have now
> given up. I have asked our sysadmins, who are solely NT capable and they
> have verified that the information regarding how the printers are
> connected to the NT server is correct. They are otherwise not able to
> help me, and I don't know what good questions to ask them.
> 
> Could someone here please enlighten me?
> 
> Thank you very much,
> 
> Peter

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