[Samba] Printing NT to Linux printer problem

[daniel.jarboe at custserv.com]

If you are trying to add a printer share using the add printer wizard,
it takes a little work.

If you want APW, you need to define an "add printer command", and that
command will need to modify your smb.conf to add the print share
depending on the input received from the wizard prompts.  Details are in
man smb.conf.

But seems since you have a [printers] section, your printer shares
should be automatically generated from whatever cups's equivalent to
printcap is, and you just need to upload windows drivers for it.  Is the
printer defined to cups?  If not, that's your first step.  Also, cups
has a cupsaddsmb (or something like that) command, which is another
method of installing windows print drivers.  If you have the printer
share working, just no windows drivers associated with it, check out the
Samba-HOWTO-Collection available from samba.org documentation, there's a
thorough section about print and uploading the drivers there.

Good luck
~ Daniel



On Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:39 PM John wrote:
> Using SuSE V8.0 Samba 2.2.7a on a small network I have a 
> Lexmark laser 
> printer attached to the Linux PC, using Cups 1.1.15.
> 
> I was able to print from Linux OK, and some months ago had 
> setup  the Win 
> NT PC to print across the network to the laser. So all was well.
> 
> Recently I had a couple of problems with the NT machine (the 
> usual BSOD's 
> etc) also had a couple of problems with the SuSE PC and still 
> feeling my 
> way as newbie I took a while to get things going again, that 
> is with the 
> exception of printing from the NT PC.
> 
> I have been back through the documents and run through the 11 
> tests in 
> diagnosis.txt and the setup checks out OK between the two machines.
> 
> The following is my smb.conf
> 
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>  workgroup = HOME
>  netbios name = PENGUIN
>  interfaces = eth0
>  encrypt passwords = Yes
>  update encrypted = Yes
>  map to guest = Bad User
>  printcap name = cups
>  load printers = yes
>  preferred master = Yes
>  wins server = 192.168.0.1
>  printer admin = @ntadmin, root,john
>  hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0  127.0.0.1
>  printing = cups
>  veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/
> 
> [public]
>  comment = public
>  path = /home/public
>  read only = No
>  guest ok = Yes
> 
> [print$]
>  comment = printer drivers
>  path = /etc/samba/drivers
>  write list = @ntadmin, root,john
>  browseable = yes
>  guest ok = no
>  read only = yes
> 
> 
> [printers]
>  comment = All printers
>  path = /var/spool/samba
>  printer admin = root, @ntadmin, john
>  guest ok = Yes
>  printable = Yes
>  browseable = No
>  public = yes
>  writable = no
> 
> On the NT Pc (NT$ sp6a) I can use windows explorer, browse to Penguin 
> (linux pc) see the shares and the printer. When I attempt to 
> add the printer I 
> can proceed through selecting the port, printer model etc but 
> as soon as I 
> select finish I get access denied.
> 
> I have tried this logged in as administrator, and as a super user..no 
> difference.
> 
> I would appreciate any advice on how to sort this out. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
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