page of graphics won't completely print

[James A. Mutter]

I suspect that your problem is with the printer, and not Samba.  I am
experiencing a similar situation:

*  HP Deskjet 820 connected to a Kingston Print server
*  Windows clients printing large jobs experience the same problem.

I believe that Windows (or in your case, Samba) just dumbs the entire
job to the printer, expecting that all will work well.  However, this
printer was never meant to be used in a network situation.  In a
normal situation (local printer via parallel port & Windows) there
would have been communication between the printer and the PC, the
printer saying "hold off, I'm full" and the PC replying "OK, tell me
when to send the rest".  This communication doesn't exist in the
networked environment.  The best the PC can do, in this situation, is
prepare the job, send it to the Samba server and hope that it works.

Solution, by a better, network aware printer.

Of course, this is just a guess, if anyone else has had similar
situations and has a solution I would love to hear it.

--
Jim

On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Eli Carter wrote:

:Greetings,
:
:I'm not on the list, so please CC me, thanks.  :)
:
:Problem:  printing a full-page graphic stops 3 inches into the print.
:System:
:    FreeBSD 3.2 server running Samba 2.0.3 (version that is installed with
:the distribution)
:    486DX (4 or 8MB, I don't remember at the moment, I think 8.)
:    2 parallel ports
:    Epson Color STYLUS 500
:    Epson Color STYLUS 800
:    Win95 client
:    Win98 client
:
:Ok, if I print a document (such as a paper) from (say) Word, it will print
:without a problem.
:If I print a full-page graphic from (say) IE or Publisher, it will begin
:printing, apparently normally, and print the first ~3 inches of the page
:correctly, then it will stop, with the printer's light still flashing.  The
:paper is not ejected.  The amount printed is not exactly the same each time,
:which is odd to me.  Power cycle the printer and everything is normal.
:
:This occurs whether I print from the Win95 box or from the Win98 box.  Also,
:same symptoms on either printer.
:
:My initial guess was that it's running out of space for spooling, since the
:/var partion had ~19MB free, though it seems like that should be sufficient.
:I changed both Samba and lpd to use the /usr partition (with several hundred
:MB free).  No change.
:
:I do recognize that this is a low memory system, but I would still expect it
:to work.  (Unjustifiably?)  I didn't find anything useful in searching
:samba.org (though I could be blind...)
:
:TIA for your insights,
:
:Eli
:eli173 at mindspring.com
:
:Gory details that might be of interest:  (more available upon request &
:instruction)
:
:bash-2.03$ vmstat
: procs      memory     page                   disks    faults      cpu
: r b w     avm   fre  flt  re  pi  po  fr  sr wd0 fd0   in   sy  cs us sy id
: 0 0 2    4248  1204    1   0   0   0   1   1   0   0  236    5   2  0  1 99
:
:Diagnosing.txt
:Test 1 - pass
:Test 2 - pass
:Test 3 - pass
:    except that it's logging in as user guest (thus no home directory) guest
:account has no passwd, just press enter
:Test 4 - pass
:Test 5 - pass
:Test 6 - pass
:Test 7 - pass
:Test 8 - pass (still as guest)
:Test 9 - pass
:    (though does not prompt me for a password.)
:Test 10 - pass
:
:smb.conf:  with comments and extra newlines stripped
:
:[global]
:   workgroup = RETRACILE
:   server string = Samba Server
:   hosts allow = 10. 127.
:   load printers = yes
:   printcap name = /etc/printcap
:guest account = guest
:   log file = /var/log/log.%m
:   max log size = 50
:   security = user
:   encrypt passwords = yes
:   socket options = TCP_NODELAY
:os level = 65
:   domain master = yes
:   preferred master = yes
:   dns proxy = no
:[homes]
:   comment = Home Directories
:   browseable = no
:   writable = yes
:[epson800]
:        allow hosts = 10.
:        browseable = yes
:        comment = Epson Stylus COLOR 800
:        create mask = 0700
:        path = /usr/spool/samba
:        printable = yes
:        printer = lp0
:        public = yes
:        writable = yes
:        force user = guest
:[epson500]
:        allow hosts = 10.
:        browseable = yes
:        comment = Epson Stylus COLOR 500
:        create mask = 0700
:        path = /usr/spool/samba
:        printable = yes
:        printer = lp1
:        public = yes
:        force user = guest
:[winshare]
:   path = /usr/winshare
:   comment = General repository
:   writable = yes
:   public = yes
:   create mask = 0777
:[share]
:   path = /usr/local/share
:   comment = /usr/local/share
:   read only = yes
:
:And /etc/printcap ( minus comments )
:lp0|local line printer0:\
:        :sh:\
:        :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/usr/spool/output/lpd0:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs0:
:lp1|local line printer1:\
:        :sh:\
:        :lp=/dev/lpt1:sd=/usr/spool/output/lpd1:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs1:
:
:  _
:_| ~~.  Eli Carter, eli173 at mindspring.com
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