[samba] Help request setting w2000 to use Lexmark z25 printer on linux RH7.3 running samba.

[David Harel]

Hi,

I am a newbie on samba. I use a vmware version which is slightly 
modified but I hope this group can still help. On the Linux machine I 
have set a Lexmark printer using Lexmark driver. This works fine but the 
way it works is that the filter does the actual connection to the 
printer (which uses USB port) whereas the lp directive is set to 
lp=/dev/null. (in case this piece of information is relevant).
On smb.conf I set the printer definition to:

[lexmarkz25-z35]
  comment = lexmarkz25-z35
  browseable = yes
  printable = yes

I can see the printers from the w2000 client when I contact the server 
using \\Linuxmachine\
When I try to use any of the printers I get the message:
"Before you can use the printer \\Linuxmachine\lexmark it must be setup 
on your computer. Do you want Windows to set up the printer and continue 
the operation?"
Click the "Yes" button gives me another dialog:
"The server on which 'NULL' printer reside does not have the correct 
printer driver installed. If you want to install the driver on the your 
computer click OK."
Now I click OK. and wait for a long time until eventually I can set up a 
driver which I install using Lexmark original CD.
Eventually this does not work.

I also set a printer to check transport. This is called raw printer. In 
the printcap file I set it to write a file in /tmp
lp=/tmp/rawprintfile.
In smb.conf I set the print definition to:

[raw]
  comment = lx3
  browseable = yes
  printable = yes
  print command = lpr -b -Praw %s

And on the w2000 machine I set the printer driver to generic/text. This 
case works.

I suppose the problem is to install the correct driver on the w2000 
machine. I do not know which. Also I read the article: 
http://de.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/htmldocs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#AEN833
which confused me even further.

I will appreciate your help but please be patient with me. As I was 
saying I am new in the samba business.

-- 
Thanks.

David Harel,

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