[Samba] Should be easy-printing problem rest of Samba works

[Joel Hammer]

I know nothing about cups or about how you have configured your system.
Can you  print from the server?
Have you told your server which printing system you are using?
Do you have the proper drivers for your printer installed on your clients?
Why have the printers section if you specify the printer in Laserjet?
As you trouble shoot this, keep these points in mind.
The windows client will transfer the file to your server to the print spool
/var/spool/cups.
It must be filtered on the windows client.
Once the transfer is complete, samba invokes the appropriate print command
for that file. Samba knows the print command because you told it the printing
system you are using, right?
At that point, the server takes over, and prints it like any other file.  A
common mistake for a beginner is to send the filtered file to the wrong
queue. Although your print filter may be magical, and will detect a data
file and not attempt to filter it anymore, and thus mess it up, you can't be
sure. So, just send it to a raw queue, that is, a queue that doesn't try to
filter the job further.
I leave nothing to chance, so, here is what one of my printer sections looks like:
[Win4LinZ53]
	comment = Raw Printer for Z53
	path = /tmp
	create mask = 0700
	guest ok = yes
	hosts allow = 192.168.
	printable = Yes
	printing = lprng
	print command =  /usr/bin/lpr -PWin4LinZ53 -J'%J' %s; rm %s
	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -PWin4LinZ53
	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -PWin4LinZ53 %j
	lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold -PWin4LinZ53 %j
	lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release -PWin4LinZ53 %j
	printer name = lp
	share modes = No

/etc/printcap
Win4LinZ53:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/Win4LinZ53:\
	:mx#0:\
	:lp=/dev/lp0:\
	:sh:
Notice there is no filter required.
Joel



On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 08:14:34PM -0800, Baxter Shepperson wrote:
>   Hi list.  I've just got Samba up and running as a fileserver just 
> fine.  Now I'm trying to use it as a printserver using CUPS.  I can see 
> said printer via Network Neighborhood on XP boxes and add it in Windows 
> but no print jobs complete.  No errors in Windows yet no printing start 
> on the printer.  Would this be a question of spool permissions?  Right 
> now I'm using spool permissions of 1777 on /var/spool/cups.  I am 
> posting my printers sections below in hopes of this being (probably) an 
> easy fix from one of my fellow list members.  Thanks in advance!
> 
> 
> [printers]
>     path = /var/spool/cups
>     use client driver = Yes
>     guest ok = Yes
>     comment = All Printers
>     printable = yes
>     create mask = 0700
> 
> [Laserjet]
>     path = /var/spool/cups
>     writable = yes
>     use client driver = Yes
>     guest ok = Yes
>     oplocks = No
>     printable = yes
>     printer name = Laserjet
>     create mask = 0700
> 
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