Spooling to a network printer

[Ryan Detert]

I think I remember having the same problem. I fixed it by using printtool
and selecting the option to send an EOF to every print job


-ryu

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Bill Grzanich wrote:

> Hello, All.
> 
> I'm running Samba 2.0.7 on a VA Linux (RedHat 6.2, kernel 2.2.14) server,
> and for the most part everything runs as expected.  However, when someone
> prints something to a network printer that requires manual feed, all
> subsequent printing to that printer "hangs" the Windows clients until the
> manual feed job is complete.  Is this normal?  I would expect that other
> print jobs would still spool to the server and allow the Windows clients to
> continue, though they may not print until the manual feed job has been
> completed.  The printer I'm testing is an HP LaserJet 5Si with a JetDirect
> card and 8MB of memory.
> 
> While the manual feed job is pending, the result of lpq is:
> 
> linux02: waiting for 10.111.1.99 to come up
> Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
> 1st    bob        747  MicrosoftWord-Document4               273 bytes
> 
> connection to 10.111.1.99 is down
> 
> Once the job is complete, lpq shows:
> 
> JetDirect lpd: no entries
> 
> The Samba Printing.txt document suggests setting up a "raw" printer, but I
> think that may only apply to printers directly attached to the server
> parallel port.  Further, it suggests using "lpr -b -P...", but -b does not
> appear to be a valid switch for the current version of RedHat's lpr.
> 
> The Windows98 clients are configured to spool print jobs in "RAW" format.
> 
> Any suggestions on how I might correct this behavior or troubleshoot
> further?
> 
> The relevant portions of my smb.conf are below.
> 
> Thanks very much for any suggestions.
> 
> -Bill Grzanich
> 
> 
> [global]
>         workgroup = ORGANICS
>         netbios name = LINUX02
>         server string = Samba Server
>         security = DOMAIN
>         domain logons = No
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         password server = *
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         max log size = 50
>         username map = /etc/smbusermap.conf
>         domain master = No
>         local master = No
>         preferred master = No
>         os level = 0
>         announce as = NT Workstation
>         announce version = 4.0
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>         keepalive = 1800
>         message command=/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s
>         guest account = smbuser
>         create mask = 0777
>         directory mask = 0777
>         hosts allow = localhost, 10.111.1.0/255.255.255.0
>         print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
>         lpq command = lpq -P%p
>         lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
>         printer driver file = /home/samba/printer/printers.def
>         map hidden = Yes
>         map system = Yes
>         map archive = Yes
> ...
> [printer$]
>         comment = Printer driver share
>         path = /home/samba/printer
>         public = Yes
>         browseable = Yes
> ...
> [Basketball]
>         comment = HP5Si (Basketball)
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         printable = Yes
>         public = Yes
>         create mode = 0700
>         printer driver=HP LaserJet 5Si PCL 5e
>         printer driver location=\\%h\printer$\hplj5si
> 
> 
>