Linux Queue on Print Manager

[Steve Litt]

Try a *really big* print file >100K, and see if it shows up in print
manager. I find that with 5 page print jobs, it's past the print managager
"immediately" because writing to Samba's queue directory is so much faster
than writing to a printer. I believe you can control the printer via Unix
print queue commands, and these can be accessed via a contrived print
command= in a phony balony Samba printer.

Steve Litt


At 11:00 AM 12/22/1999 +1100, David Hamilton wrote:
>I'm using Samba 2.0.5a on Debian Linux.  I'm capable of printing through
>Samba to the jet direct card of my HP LaserJet 4si, It prints
>flawlessly, but I never see anything in the Print Manager on my NT
>workstation, not so much as a flicker.  I'd like to completely stop
>using NT as a print server, but I can not do that until we have easy
>control of the print queue.
>
>clip from printcap:
>
>lp|test2|HP LaserJet 4:\
>        :lp=/dev/null:\
>        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/test2:\
>        :rm=128.123.32.62:\
>        :rp=text:\
>        :sh:\
>        :pw#80:\
>        :pl#66:\
>        :px#1440:
>        :mx#0:\
>        :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
>        :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
>
>clip from smb.conf
>
>[global]
>        workgroup = MY_DOMAINNAME
>        netbios name = MY_NETBIOS_NAME
>        server string = %h server (Samba %v)
>        security = DOMAIN
>        encrypt passwords = Yes
>        password server = MY_NT_PDC
>        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>        max log size = 1000
>        socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096
>SO_RCVBUF=4096
>        dns proxy = No
>        wins server = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
>        invalid users = root
>        create mask = 0751
>
>[bclab-se]
>        comment = bclab tech printer
>        path = /tmp
>        print ok = Yes
>        printing = lprng
>        print command = lpr -h -P%p %s
>        queuepause command = lpc stop -P%p
>        queueresume command = lpc start -P%p
>        printer name = test2
>
>-- 
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