setting up printers with Samba and Windows NT workstation

[Jamin Collins]

Silly question, but can you use the printers from the Solaris server?

Jamin W. Collins

> -----Original Message-----
> From: a.lehman at ieee.org [mailto:a.lehman at ieee.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 12:13 PM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: setting up printers with Samba and Windows NT workstation
> 
> 
> Hello all.
> 
> I'm a samba newbie given the task of setting up samba to act 
> as a print
> server for 5 HP laser printers ranging from the LaserJet 4MV to the
> LaserJet 8150N. I've done a search of the samba mailing list 
> archives to
> see if my problem has already been addressed, but I have been 
> unable to
> find anything that refers to the same error I'm receiving. I 
> am using SWAT
> to administer samba, and I have checked the SWAT help pages 
> along with the
> documentation on the website, but nothing seems to solve this 
> problem. File
> sharing works great, I just can't print.
> 
> I am attempting to add a printer using the NT printer wizard 
> and selecting
> "network printer server." I can locate my server and the 
> printer name in
> the network list, and it will allow me to add the printer. 
> When I try to
> print a test page, I get the following error message: "Test 
> page failed to
> print. The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is 
> incorrect."
> When trying to print from an application, I get either a 
> "printer error"
> message or a message stating "unable to start print job due 
> to insufficient
> memory or invalid printer specification."
> 
> We are running Solaris 2.6 and Samba 2.0.7 on a Sun Ultra 5. 
> Our PC clients
> are all running Windows NT Workstation 4.0, with service pack 6a. All
> printer drivers reside on the client side rather than on the 
> server, and we
> are currently serving the printers via Solaris. I noticed 
> when checking my
> global settings through SWAT, the printcap name is set to 
> lpstat. However,
> this printing option does not show up under the printer 
> parameters in the
> smb.conf file. Here is a snip of the printer parameters from 
> the smb.conf
> file:
> 
> [kraken]
>         comment = samba shared
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         print command = lp -d%p -o nobanner %s; rm %s
>         printer = kraken
>         printer driver =
> 
> All of our printers are specified in /etc/printers.conf.
> 
> Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated. Thank you 
> for your time.
> 
> 
> Andrea D. Lehman
> Technical Administrator
> IEEE Standards Activities
> 445 Hoes Lane
> Piscataway NJ 08855
> email: a.lehman at ieee.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
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