samba printing help pls :)
thing
thing at thing.dyndns.org
Tue Jan 15 00:03:06 GMT 2002
tried this but not understanding the commands i havnt been able to mod
it to suit my system
if its meant to be used as is
i got no output in /tmp
Since ive used a number of smb.conf's now it suggests a samba bug or an
obscure setting
i guess its possible that debian has compiled barfed binaries
regards
Thing
Joel Hammer wrote:
>
> when all else fails, look in into the samba log for clues.
> One question is: Are the print jobs being transferred from your clients to
> your server? Samba is very simple in how it provides printing services. Your
> client simply transfers the job to the server, which then invokes lpr to
> print it. You may have to set up a test queue to trouble shoot this with
> something like this:
>
> [test]
> comment =Test queue
> path = /tmp
> read only = No
> create mask = 0700
> guest ok = Yes
> hosts allow = 192.168. <--adjust for your situation
> printable = Yes
> printing = lprng <---be sure to use the right one
> lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Ptest
> lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Ptest %j
> lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold z53 %j
> lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release z53 %j
> print command = echo "Tried to print %s" > /tmp/junk.%s <--Special "print" command
>
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