[Samba] Minor problem with CUPS printing.

[Collins, Kevin]

> Kevin,
> 
> I have that same message on my win2k machine.  I can print, and
> all is fine.  One of the points, is that if you double click on
> the printer folder, the printers inside that folder do not give
> you that error.  The only ones that I get that error from is
> the ones that are on the same page as the shares.
> 
> Steven

Steven,

I see what you're saying - mine is the same way.  That is curious.

As I said, this doesn't prevent me from printing, just monitoring/modifying
the queue which is what I'd like to do.

Kevin

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+spierce=page-developer.net at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+spierce=page-developer.net at lists.samba.org]On
> Behalf Of Collins, Kevin
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:28 PM
> To: 'Karl Banasky'; 'samba at samba.org'
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Minor problem with CUPS printing.
> 
> 
> > Try printcap name = lpstat in the Global settings.
> > 
> > Karl-
> 
> Karl:
> 
> Tried that - no dice.
> 
> Anything else to try?
> 
> Kevin
> 
> > 
> > 
> >  >>  I've got a Red hat 8.0 machine running the latest 
> > "up2date" version of
> >  >>  Samba
> >  >>  (2.2.7 with Red Hat's patches) acting as a print server 
> > using CUPS.
> > 
> >  >>  The printing of documents is fine for the most part.  
> > But I have noticed
> >  >>  one
> >  >>  thing that is really nothing more than an annoyance and 
> > was wondering if
> >  >>  anyone else has seen the problem and possibly a cure.
> > 
> >  >>  I have all Windows 2000 Pro clients, most of them have 
> > all 5 printers that
> >  >>  this server controls installed. (The drivers are locally 
> > installed and not
> >  >>  downloaded from the server - I'm still working on that.) 
> >  All of the
> >  >>  printers installed show up as they should and all of the 
> > driver options
> >  >>  are
> >  >>  available.
> > 
> >  >>  But the "Printers" control panel applet keep reporting 
> > these printers as
> >  >>  "Access is denied, unable to connect" when you select 
> > one of the printers.
> >  >>  In addition when you double-click on the one of the 
> > printers to see the
> >  >>  "queue", nothing ever shows up and the same "Access is 
> > denied, unable to
> >  >>  connect" is displayed in the title bar of the dialogue box.
> > 
> >  >>  Since the print jobs are flowing, I'm not *too* 
> > concerned about them, but
> >  >>  I
> >  >>  would like to remove this message and be able to the 
> > print queues if that
> >  >>  is
> >  >>  possible.
> > 
> >  >>  --
> >  >>  Kevin L. Collins, MCSE
> >  >>  Systems Manager
> >  >>  Nesbitt Engineering, Inc.
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