[Samba] Samba printer questions

[Joel Hammer]

Yes, you are new to this.

It must be a bad idea to use the same directory for the samba directory as
the local print queue directory. Permissions, of course.
So, use /tmp or something which everyone can write to.

In troubleshooting this thing, keep in mind how it works:
The client transfers the print job to the samba spool directory.
Samba then calls the printing software using the print command you supplied
in the share definition.
Its really simple. Permissions and paths and the like are the big things
which hang you up. Plus, printer drivers, of course.

Joel





On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 01:35:31PM -0600, David F. Reed wrote:
> Greetings Samba users;
> 
> I am new to this, and find it a bit complex and am hoping
> to find a bit of help figuring this out...
> 
> I am running samba-2.2.7-1.7.3 on a RH-linux 7.3 system.
> 
> The file shares seem to work fine on a XP Home Edition,
> but not a XP Professional edition.
> 
> Additionally, I am having trouble setting up a shared printer.
> The laptop running XP home edition sees the printer but cannot
> print to it; (the box running XP pro fails to see it at all.
> 
> I am trying to use the same printer I have as a local printer,
> an HP LJ-1200 - it works fine as a local printer, and it shows
> up in /etc/printcap as expected.
> 
> In setting the share for the printer, I set the printer name as
> scribble (same as share name), the print queue to
> /var/spool/lpd/scribble (same as set by printcap),
> printable to all users.
> 
> When I try to add a printer from my laptop xp home edition box,
> it does find the printer, lets me add the driver for it, and it
> shows up as a printer, but it shows the "access denied, unable
> to connect" message and refuses (appropriately I suppose) to
> print to it.
> 
> Meanwhile, the box running XP pro fails to see it at all.
> 
> Anyone out there with some clues that might help me get it running?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --
> Dave
> -- 
> David F. Reed -> email: W5SV at arrl.net
> (for pgp key: davereed at W5SV.org http://keys.pgp.com/ )
> 
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