[Samba] I've always HATED printing with Samba

[Jim C]

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>OK. Here is what works for me. As usual, your mileage may vary.
>I assume you have installed the software for the lexmarkz53 on your
>linux server. I assume you can print a test page. If you can't, likely
>you are not printing the testpage to a raw queue. The testpage goes to a
>raw queue while the real print jobs go to a filtered queue, in my setup.
>I assume you know how to run the lexmark setup program which generates the
>configuration file.
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>lexmark supplies print filters that work fine in linux to drive the z53.
>I wrote a tutorial on print filters some time ago. I used this filter
>as part of that writeup. Here is part of that tutorial.
>============Start Tutorial=====================
>There is a shell script called z53.sh. This is what your printcap file
>should be pointing to.
>
I'm not sure I know what you mean by "points to".

[root at enigma z53]# man printcap
No manual entry for printcap
[root at enigma z53]# man -k printcap
printcap: nothing appropriate

/etc/printcap says:
# This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
# /etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
# will be lost.
LexmarkZ53|LexmarkZ53:rm=enigma.microverse.net:rp=LexmarkZ53:

[root at enigma z53]# locate LexmarkZ53
/etc/cups/ppd/LexmarkZ53.ppd
/etc/foomatic/LexmarkZ53.ppd
/var/cache/samba3.BAK/samba3/printing/LexmarkZ53.tdb
/var/cache/samba3/printing/LexmarkZ53.tdb
/home/jcolling/.openoffice/user/psprint/driver/LexmarkZ53.PPD