[Samba] Problems with printers

[Kurt Pfeifle]

> Rob Sell lists at facnd.com
> Mon Dec 22 17:46:29 GMT 2003
> 
> 
> I have samba 3.0.1 running and have successfully set it up to be a print
> spooler, which is working great, until I tried to add more than 5 printers.
> I am using cups, using the cups web interface to add printers, today I added
> 2 more printers. They do not show up in samba, I have restarted cups, smb
> nmb, everything except the machine itself. Samba is set to load
> /etc/printcap printers, my /etc/printcap is as follows.
> 
> # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
> # /etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
> # will be lost.
> 7th_Dock_Laser:
> Edgeley_Inkjet:
> Edgeley_Laser:
> Eng_Laser:
> Eng_Laser_Color:
> Front_Office_Big_Laser:
> Front_Office_Laser:
> Michigan_Plotter:
> 
> Any ideas why only the 1st 5 printers show up in samba?
> 

The first 5 printers have max. 15 characters in their name.
The last 3 printers have min. 16 characters in their name.

You may have crossed a limit (bug or feature?).

> Rob
> 

Cheers,
Kurt