Unable to print correctly html on Windows Printer (SMB) Share

[Joel Hammer]

I am at work right now and can't go into great detail but:
You need a print filter that will convert postscript files into files
understood by your printer. Then the file is dumped to the printer via the
NT share. Enscript is the usual tool to do this. Enscript is not installed
by default on RH 7.1 in client configuration. I too had no success using the
RH 7.1 printer configuration tool, and I would not use it.
What I would do if I were you is this:

1. Find out if enscript is installed on your system. If not, install it.
2. Play around with smbclient and its printing commands and figure out the
command you need to send a print job from your linux box to your NT server.
Once you can do that, you can set up your printcap file and its print filter
(no big deal) to handle all types of files.
I will be able to give you some samples of the files you will need after I
get back from work, in about 7 hours from now.
Joel







On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 04:32:29PM +0100, Brendan Crowley (EEI) wrote:
> Hi,
> I thought I gave sufficient info, sorry.
> I'll include the /etc/printcap file below.
> I'm using Linux RH7.1. & Samba 2.2.2
> My printer is as far as I can tell, at least from the spec's, is not a postscript printer.
> How do I setup a printer definition which will filter my print jobs to enable me to print from within Netscape?
> How do I use smbclient (note 1 below) from within Netscape to print html pages?
> Regards,
> Brendan.
> 
> # /etc/printcap
> #
> # DO NOT EDIT! MANUAL CHANGES WILL BE LOST!
> # This file is autogenerated by printconf-backend during lpd init.
> #
> # Hand edited changes can be put in /etc/printcap.local, and will be included.
> 
> HP_DeskJet_950C|printer:\
> 	:sh:\
> 	:ml=0:\
> 	:mx=0:\
> 	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/HP_DeskJet_950C:\
> 	:lp=|/usr/share/printconf/smbprint:\
> 	:lpd_bounce=true:\
> 	:if=/usr/share/printconf/mf_wrapper:
> 
> ###############################################################################
> ## Everything below here is included verbatim from /etc/printcap.local       ##
> ###############################################################################
> # printcap.local
> #
> # This file is included by printconf's generated printcap,
> # and can be used to specify custom hand edited printers.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 12:27:24PM +0100, Brendan Crowley (EEI) wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > After connecting a HP DeskJet 950C printer to my NT Server and configuring it as a share printer, I used samba and printconf to connect to it.
> > I setup the printer in printconf as a Samba (SMB) Printer/Windows Printer (SMB) Share
> > After restarting the lpd daemon, I can print successfully the ASCII test page and other linux files, e.g. smb.conf, /etc/fstab, etc.
> > My problem is that I am unable to print correctly html pages from my Netscape browser or emails either.
> 
> This is a bit lacking in detail.
> ASSUMING that you are using a linux/unix box as a client to an NT server:
> 1. You don't need samba to print to the NT client.  You use smbclient to do this.
> 2. The answer lies in your printcap file. You need to have a printer
> definition which will filter your print jobs on your unix/linux client
> before being sent to the NT server. Netscape from unix/linux sends
> postscript files, for example.  I don't know anything about the HP 950. Is is 
> a postscript printer? 
> Post your /etc/printcap, and, if using linux, which flavor. 
> Joel
> 
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