[Samba] HP Deskjet drivers, Samba and Cups

[Nick Gale]

Thanks for this, unfortunately I've tried this and it makes no difference.

Below is from Cups error log, message is the same whether printer is RAW or
set up as a Deskjet. Please note that the same problem occurs when I
configure the printers via LPRng or Webmin. Again it doesn't matter whether
its RAW or not.

Any other clues?

Thanks

Nick Gale

I [11/Feb/2003:08:50:02 +0000] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi"
(pid=1778)
I [11/Feb/2003:08:50:07 +0000] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi"
(pid=1784)
E [11/Feb/2003:08:50:13 +0000] print_job: Unsupported format
'application/octet-stream'!
I [11/Feb/2003:08:50:13 +0000] Hint: Do you have the raw file printing rules
enabled?


----- Original Message -----
From: "John H Terpstra" <jht at samba.org>
To: "Nick Gale" <nick.gale at ntlworld.com>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] HP Deskjet drivers, Samba and Cups


> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Nick Gale wrote:
>
> > I have Samba 2.2.7 running on Redhat 8 (fully updated). I have two
printers
> > set up - a laser and a Deskjet 920C both connected to the Redhat server
via
> > USB cables. Printing is managed using CUPS although I get the same
problem
> > with LPR and Webmin configured printers. The laser works fine, the
deskjet
> > doesn't. The deskjet works with a generic windows HP Deskjet or HP
Deskjet
> > plus driver in black and white but if I use the actual 920C driver (Or
any
> > other DJ ***C driver for that matter) the print jobs appear to spool but
> > never arrive at the printer. You see a file being generated in the Samba
and
> > Cups spool directory but in the Cups spool directory thay appear briefly
and
> > then vanish, for jobs that do make it to the printer the file is present
for
> > longer as the printer loads the file.
> >
> > I can only assume this is a problem with Samba or Cups with HP desklet
> > drivers? Has anyone else seen this? Any Idea?
>
> Configure a RAW CUPS printer for the HP9x0C if you install the HP9x0C
> driver on Windows.
>
> If you want to install the printer in CUPS with the CUPS driver for the
> HP9xC, then install you Windows printers as Postscript printers and let
> CUPS convert from postscript to HP DJ format.
>
> Both the above work for me. I have set up several sites with HP940C
> printers and my own network has HP PhotoSmart P1000. All work find from
> both Linux and Windows. For Windows I prefer to print to a RAW CUPS
> printer and use the HP940C driver on each MS Windwos machine. Your mileage
> may bary!
>
> Best advice is to read the CUPS Printing HOWTO that will be in
> Samba-3.0.0.
>
> - John T.
> --
> John H Terpstra
> Email: jht at samba.org