[Samba] Samba's Printer Going Off-Line (after a Win98 Machine speaks to it)

[James Hubbard]

It sounds like a power management problem on the printer.  Have you 
tried disabling power save.  I think that model has one.

James

Elizabeth Barham wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    I have a light firewall machine that also acts as a Samba print
> server for a Win32 host on my intranet. For some reason, if the Win98
> machine hasn't printed for an extended length of time, the printer
> goes off-line. When the Win32 tries to print, the printer throws an
> error and we have to unplug the printer and then plug it back in. It
> then tries to finish the print job which doesn't look too pretty (its
> an HP Laserjet 5L).
> 
>    What is very strange is that that particular machine also is the
> lpd print server and there are no problems whatsoever printing from an
> lpd client; the only time the printer goes off-line is after a Win32
> client speaks with the Samba Print Server, probably when the Win32
> client shows the print dialog.
> 
>    Any ideas on what is causing this problem and possibly a solution?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Elizabeth