[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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