[Samba] HP Deskjet drivers, Samba and Cups

[Nick Gale]

Thanks John - it works!

I actually did not have etc/cups/mime.conf. I had two files
etc/cups/mine.types and etc/cups/mime.convs but I did the same to both files
(uncomment the lines) and this worked fine!

The line was already uncommented in etc/mime.types.

Thanks once again!

Nick

----- 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 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] HP Deskjet drivers, Samba and Cups


> On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Nick Gale wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> Yep! Read the CUPS Printing HOWTO! I have attached it for your reference.
>
> From it you will find the need to change two files:
>
> /etc/cups/mime.types and /etc/cups/mime.convs. In both you need to
> uncomment the lines that have:
>
> application/octet-stream
>
> in them.
>
> In the case of my system:
>
> In /etc/mime.types:
>
> ########################################################################
> #
> # Raw print file support...
> #
> # Uncomment the following type and the application/octet-stream
> # filter line in mime.convs to allow raw file printing without the
> # -oraw option.
> #
>
> application/octet-stream
>
>
>
> And in /etc/cups/mime.conv:
>
> ########################################################################
> #
> # Raw filter...
> #
> # Uncomment the following filter and the application/octet-stream type
> # in mime.types to allow printing of arbitrary files without the -oraw
> # option.
> #
>
> application/octet-stream        application/vnd.cups-raw        0       -
>
>
> That should do it for you.
>
> - John T.
>
>
>
> >
> > 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
> >
>
> --
> John H Terpstra
> Email: jht at samba.org