[Samba] PDF printing problem - can't find Samba's spool file?

Ben Griffith bgriffit at email.unc.edu
Thu Dec 12 16:40:01 GMT 2002


-----[ DavidB at mail.interclean.com wrote on 12/12/2002 11:19 AM -0500 ]-----
> > [pdf2]
> >         path = /export/spool
> >         printable = yes
> >         guest ok = yes
> >         print command = /usr/local/bin/mkpdf2.pl %s %U %I
> >>/tmp/pdf.log
> > 2>&1
> >         lpq command =
> >         lprm command =
> This won't go through the printing system at all, will it, since I've
> specified a 'print command' entry?  My problem is that Samba never seems to
> create the job file in the /export/spool directory.  It just isn't there
> when my script is called by Samba.

It may be a "cups thing".
If smb.conf has printing = cups, any manually set print commands are ignored.
Are there any hints in the cups logs?

     --Ben--

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Ben Griffith
bgriffit at email.unc.edu
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