[Samba] trouble printing to samba share

Bradley W. Langhorst brad at langhorst.com
Fri Aug 23 04:26:01 GMT 2002


are you able to print the linux test pages? 

what printing backend does redhat 7.3 use? 
(cups, lprng?) 


brad 
On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 12:26, Rizzo, Joe wrote: 
> Hello,
> I am in need of some assistance with setting up samba as print server.
> 
> I am using samba 2.2.3a-6 on a standard RedHat 7.3 install.
> 
> >From a windows xp system I can browse and see the printer share, however
> when I try to access it I get the following message:
> "Printer \\_smbserv\HPLaserJet6P does not exist on the computer.  Either the
> printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its
> connection to the server."
> 
> The same happens even when I try to access the printer with
> \\192.168.2.254\HPLaserJet6P
> 
> I think the problem is that _smbserv is being referenced.  But I can not
> figure out why.
> 
> Any help is appreciated,
> Joe
> 
> 
> Here is my smb.conf:
> [global]
>    workgroup = workgroup
>    server string = gw
>    ;hosts allow = 192.168.2. 127.
>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
>    load printers = yes
>    printing = lprng
>    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>    max log size = 0
>    security = share
>    encrypt passwords = no
>    guest account = nobody
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>    interfaces = 192.168.2.1/27 192.168.2.33/27 192.168.2.254/32
>    dns proxy = no 
> [printers]
>    comment = All Printers
>    path = /var/spool/samba
>    browseable = no
>    public = yes
>    guest ok = yes
>    writable = no
>    printable = yes
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