[Samba] Print server on all linux network

Joel Hammer Joel at HammersHome.com
Thu Oct 3 23:55:01 GMT 2002


I would remove [printers] since neither you or I know what it really does.
Now, when you print locally, you print to the queue nec?
This will depend on the lpr command (lpr -Pnec) or if you just use lpr the
first printer defined in you /etc/princap will be invoked.
Joel

On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:50:34PM -0700, Dan Sawyer wrote:
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> Well, actually, no, I haven't been able to wrap my brain around how it works 
> beyond the bare concepturals you outlined.
> Attatched is the printer secton of my samba.conf - perhaps it will be 
> enlightening.  I tried modifying my conf based on your conf but it doesn't 
> seem to make any difference.  I still print from a local program and get 
> nothing on the other end - including nothing dumped into the designated 
> directories.
> 
> [printers]
> 	comment = All Printers
> 	path = /var/spool/samba
> 	create mask = 0700
> 	guest ok = Yes
> 	printable = Yes
> 	browseable = No
> 
> [nec]
> 	comment = NEC Superscript 1200
> 	path = /var/spool/samba
> 	guest account = guest
> 	read only = No
> 	create mask = 0700
> 	guest ok = Yes
> 	hosts allow = 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.102 192.168.1.103
> 	printable = Yes
> 	postscript = Yes
> 	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Pps
> 	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Pps %j
> 	lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold z53 %j
> 	lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release z53 %j
> 	printer name = nec
> 	printer driver = client
> 	share modes = No
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance!
> - -Dan
> 
> 
> On Thursday 03 October 2002 15:23, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > Do you understand how printing works with samba?
> > Essentially, you just transfer the file to the samba spool directory, and
> > invoke lpr to print the file. You will need to look at your smb.conf file
> > to see what is supposed to happen. I would set up a share just for your
> > printer and not rely on the generic printer share that smb.conf comes with.
> >
> > Here is the sort of printer share I have:
> > This take a postscript file as input, invokes lpr to print to queue ps on
> > the server, which translates postscript files for my lexmark printer.
> >
> > Joel
> >
> >
> >
> > [ps]
> > 	path = /tmp
> > 	read only = No
> > 	create mask = 0700
> > 	guest ok = yes
> > 	hosts allow = 192.168.
> > 	printable = Yes
> > 	printing = lprng
> >  	print command = echo %J %p %s  >>  /tmp/junkJ;\
> >                        a="`echo '%J' | sed "s/^.*- //"`" ;\
> > 	               echo This is truncated $a >> /tmp/junkJ;\
> >                        /usr/bin/lpr -Pps  -J"$a"  %s;\
> >                        rm %s
> > 	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Pps
> > 	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Pps %j
> > 	lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold z53 %j
> > 	lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release z53 %j
> > 	share modes = No
> >         use client driver = yes
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 12:47:27PM -0700, Dan Sawyer wrote:
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> > > Hello, everyone -
> > >
> > > I've been trying for two weeks now to get my print server operational
> > > under Samba.  After walking through the howtos and tweaking the configs
> > > per spec, it just ain't working.  Printing from a client machine sends,
> > > and then nothing happens.  No error messages or anything similar.
> > >
> > > Printing from the server works fine, but not from the clients.
> > >
> > > Setup:
> > >
> > > 4 machine network, 3 clients, 1 samba file/print server
> > > SuSE 7.3 running on all machines.
> > > HP 2P parallel printer on lp0 of server
> > >
> > > What else can I tell you to help figure this out?
> > > - -Dan Sawyer
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