[Samba] Help with printing

[John H Terpstra]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Michael wrote:

> Didn't receive a reply to my original post, so I'm posting again.

You may find some useful info from the following link:

	http://samba.org/~jht/NT4migration/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

- John T.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael [mailto:mmcgillick at attbi.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 12:22 AM
> To: 'samba at lists.samba.org'
> Subject: Help with printing
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> Good Evening:
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> I have three machines in a small home network. One of the machines runs Red
> hat Linux 9 with Samba 2.2.7a. Attached to this Linux box is an HP LaserJet
> 5P printer. I've successfully configured the printer through the Cups
> utility, and can print from the Linux box. The other two machines in my home
> network run Windows XP Professional. I'm trying to configure both of the
> machines to use the Laser printer attached to the Linux box.
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> If I go to My Network Places, I can see the Samba server and can drill down
> to see the printer. I can also add a new printer through the Add Printer
> wizard, and print documents on the printer from each of the Windows XP
> machines.  What's strange, though, is that if I open my Printers and Faxes
> window and look at the installed printers, under the status column, I get
> "Ready" for each of my local printers, but I get the text "Access denied,
> unable to connect" for the printer on the LaserJet box. Again, I have
> successfully printed several documents from the Windows XP boxes to the
> laser printer hooked up to the Linux box, but the status message has me
> concerned that something isn't configured properly. Is this a bug in Samba,
> or have I configured something wrong?
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> If it helps, I've attached my smb.conf. Thanks.
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> - Michael
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org
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