[Samba] Samba printing on Solaris 8

[Joel Hammer]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 04:00:18PM -0500, daulton theodore wrote:
You might put the printing stuff into the share, not in the global section.
Joel
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 04:00:18PM -0500, daulton theodore wrote:
> Hi:
> I am new to the Samba world and I am having problems with printing. I
> have Samba installed on a Solaris 8 server. I can see the Samba shares
> and the printer (lasersys) in Windows Explorer. I have installed the
> printer on my workstation (NT 4.0) using the Windows 'Add Printer'
> wizard. However, when I send a print job to the printer
> (Wordpad:File > Print) the job never gets to the printer. Instead the
> job stays in /tmp with a filename such as 'smbprn.000047.Qgayvr'. I have
> left out the '; rm %s' from the print command below so that I could see
> the jobs landing in /tmp and not making it to the printer. I really
> would appreciate any help/suggestions you guys can offer.
> 
> The following is a clip from the config.smb file:
> 
> # Global parameters
> [globals]
>    netbios name  = HYDRA
>    server string = Samba %v on Netbios (%L), DNS hostname (%h)
>    workgroup     = SIMPLE
>    dead time     = 5
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    browsable     = no
>    writeable     = yes
> 
> #  Debug Logging information
>    log level = 2
>    log file = /usr/local/samba/var/samba.log.%m
>    max log size = 50
>    debug timestamp = yes
> 
> #  printing stuff
>    printing      = SYSV
>    printcap name = /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap
>    print command = /bin/lp -c -d%p %s
>    lpq command = /bin/lpstat -o%p
>    lprm command = /bin/cancel %p-%j
>    lppause command = /bin/lp -i %p-%j -H hold
>    lpresume command = /bin/lp -i %p-%j -H resume
>    load printers = yes
>    use client driver = yes
> 
> [printers]
>    comment = "Printers"
>    path = /tmp
>    printable = yes
>    create mode = 0755
>    browseable = yes
>    public = no
>    guest ok = yes
>    print ok = yes
> 
> 
> [lasersys]
>    comment = systems laser printer
>    browseable = yes
>    printer = laser_sys
>    create mode = 0755
>    printable = yes
>    guest ok = yes
> 
> 
> 
> The following is the contents of the printcap file:
> 
> laser_sys| hp laserjet 8150
> 
> lpstat -t generates the following:
> 
> # lpstat -t
> scheduler is running
> system default destination: laser_sys
> system for _default: library4 (as printer laser_sys)
> device for laser_sys: /dev/laser_sys
> _default accepting requests since Tue Nov 19 14:33:56 EST 2002
> laser_sys accepting requests since Tue Nov 19 14:33:56 EST 2002
> printer laser_sys is idle. enabled since Tue Nov 19 14:33:56 EST 2002.
> available.
> #
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help/suggestion you can provide. It would
> great to get this working!
> 
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> Hi:
> I am new to the Samba world and I am having problems with printing. I
> have Samba installed on a Solaris 8 server. I can see the Samba shares
> and the printer (lasersys) in Windows Explorer. I have installed the
> printer on my workstation (NT 4.0) using the Windows 'Add Printer'
> wizard. However, when I send a print job to the printer
> (Wordpad:File > Print) the job never gets to the printer. Instead the
> job stays in /tmp with a filename such as 'smbprn.000047.Qgayvr'. I have
> left out the '; rm %s' from the print command below so that I could see
> the jobs landing in /tmp and not making it to the printer. I really
> would appreciate any help/suggestions you guys can offer.
> 
> The following is a clip from the config.smb file:
> 
> # Global parameters
> [globals]
>    netbios name  = HYDRA
>    server string = Samba %v on Netbios (%L), DNS hostname (%h)
>    workgroup     = SIMPLE
>    dead time     = 5
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    browsable     = no
>    writeable     = yes
> 
> #  Debug Logging information
>    log level = 2
>    log file = /usr/local/samba/var/samba.log.%m
>    max log size = 50
>    debug timestamp = yes
> 
> #  printing stuff
>    printing      = SYSV
>    printcap name = /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap
>    print command = /bin/lp -c -d%p %s
>    lpq command = /bin/lpstat -o%p
>    lprm command = /bin/cancel %p-%j
>    lppause command = /bin/lp -i %p-%j -H hold
>    lpresume command = /bin/lp -i %p-%j -H resume
>    load printers = yes
>    use client driver = yes
> 
> [printers]
>    comment = "Printers"
>    path = /tmp
>    printable = yes
>    create mode = 0755
>    browseable = yes
>    public = no
>    guest ok = yes
>    print ok = yes
> 
> 
> [lasersys]
>    comment = systems laser printer
>    browseable = yes
>    printer = laser_sys
>    create mode = 0755
>    printable = yes
>    guest ok = yes
> 
> 
> 
> The following is the contents of the printcap file:
> 
> laser_sys| hp laserjet 8150
> 
> lpstat -t generates the following:
> 
> # lpstat -t
> scheduler is running
> system default destination: laser_sys
> system for _default: library4 (as printer laser_sys)
> device for laser_sys: /dev/laser_sys
> _default accepting requests since Tue Nov 19 14:33:56 EST 2002
> laser_sys accepting requests since Tue Nov 19 14:33:56 EST 2002
> printer laser_sys is idle. enabled since Tue Nov 19 14:33:56 EST 2002.
> available.
> #
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help/suggestion you can provide. It would
> great to get this working!
> 
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