[Samba] print command %J (job name) problem

[Joel Hammer]

You need:
lpr -Pprinter -J"%J"  (maybe single quotes, not sure)
Below is what I do.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 06:58:00PM +0200, Francesco Mosca wrote:
[lp]
	comment = Raw Printer for Z53
	path = /tmp
	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 $a >> /tmp/junkJ;\
                       /usr/bin/lpr -Plp  -J"$a"  %s;\
                       rm %s
	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Plp
	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Plp %j
	lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold -Plp %j
	lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release -Plp %j
	printer name = lp
	share modes = No

Now, you are using some script printpdf I don't know anything about.
I would look at that script and see if the %J parameter gets read and used properly.
Joel

> i'm setting up a samba pdf (virtual) printer. it all works, except that
> i can't get the windows' job name, to give a readable (and consistent)
> name to the generated pdf file. according to the manpage i can use %J to
> get the job name, but it doesn't work. the clients are win98 boxes. i
> tried to print either a test page, a unsaved word doc and a saved word
> doc. 
> this is the pdfprinter's section of my smb.conf
> 
> [pdf]
>         printer name = pdf
>    path = /tmp
>    printable = yes
>    guest ok = yes
>    print command = /usr/bin/printpdf %s %u %J >> /tmp/printpdf.log
>    lpq command =
>    lprm command =
> 
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> Francesco
> 
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