smbprint (or: print to nt with smbclient)

[Herb Lewis]

Peter Pilsl wrote:
> 
> I use smbprint to print to remote nt-printers. In new samba2.2 and the
> smb-tng this doesnt work any more ..
> 
> cat file | smbclient \\\\server\printer pass -U user -N
> 
> brings a lot of errors, cause smbclient interpretes all the file as
> smbclient-commands.
> 
> I used the new 2.2 smbprint-scripts and this uses the above mechanism and therefore doesnt work.
> To print, I have to connect via smbclient and the perform a put-command, which is different approach.
> 
> The smbprint is an old script that still uses the -P option that seems to be already gone ...
> 
> please help,
> peter
> 


I use system 5 printing so your mileage may vary.  The command that gets 
executed by my interface script is

cat file | /usr/samba/bin/smbclient //controller/deskjet -Uuser -N -c
'print -'