[Samba] Problems with CUPS and a networked epson printer

[Van Sickler, Jim]

disable bidirectional printing on the
(windows) printer's Port properties.
Since the Epson isn't connected to
LPT1, the status monitor
can't talk to the printer...

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ffrank at rz.uni-potsdam.de [mailto:ffrank at rz.uni-potsdam.de]
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 7:43 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Problems with CUPS and a networked epson printer
> 
> 
> I have an Epson Stylus Color 880, connected to our network via an
> external ethernet pr
intserver. I used to run lprng on the samba server
> (which is a domain controller), and the Windows clients had one minor
> problem accessing this printer via Samba (2.2.3a, then): Every time a
> client wanted to print, the Epson status monitor on the client would
> complain about communication problems with the printer. However, when
> one just acknowledged this message, the printer printed.
> 
> Now I switched to CUPS (and Sa
> mba 2.2.4), because I think this method is
> far more advanced, and 
it is more convenient for inexperienced users
> that have to manage jobs and printers. All is well with the networked
> laser printers, however, this one inkjet printer fails to 
> print at all.
> 
> Printing from the server or a linux client running its own 
> CUPS is fine.
> 
> When I try to print from any windows client, the status 
> monitor comes up
> and obviously waits long for something until it finally times out and
> says:
> 
> | Communication Error:
> 
> |
> | Check all connection
s and make sure all devices are on...
> 
> 
> In the logfile for the respective client, the following 
> messages appear:
> 
> [2002/06/14 16:02:41, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(329)
>   Allowed connection from  (141.89.201.37)
> [2002/06/14 16:12:20, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_job_submit(655)
>   Unable to print file to eps880 - 
> client-error-document-format-not-supported
> [2002/06/14 16:12:45, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(461)
>   Closing connections
> [2002/06/14 16:14:40, 2] lib/acces
s.c
> :check_access(329)
>   Allowed connection from  (141.89.201.37)
> 
> This is debug level 2, on level 3 it's much more verbose - I think I
> shouldn't send all this stuff to a whole mailing list, and I don't see
> what's the relevant part of it. The printer drivers are stored and
> installed locally, not on the server.
> 
> 
> How could I resolve or further debug this problem? Would switching to
> server-stored drivers or a different printer (we do have some 
> HP Deskjet
> and some other 
Epson Stylus here).
> 
> TIA, Frank
> 
> -- 
> Frank Fürst, physikalische Biochemie, Universität Potsdam, Germany
> Tel.: +49-331-977-5244		Fax: +49-331-977-5062
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