[Samba] problem mixing printing cups and own print commands

[John H Terpstra]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, [ISO-8859-1] Lutz Krüger wrote:

> hello,
> i'm using samba 3.0.0beta2-1 on Debian.with passdb backend = ldapsam and
> printing = cups.
> in the past Samba 2.0.5 i'm using printing = bsd and define my printers
> in the /etc/printcap. additional i define own printers to create pdf -
> files.
>
> Now i'm using cups. everything works fine with printers defined on cups
> ( automatic driver installation, printing ... )., but printing ( not
> driver installation !) with own print commands failed.
> What's wrong ? Works cups and own print commands not together ?

Correct. When you use CUPS, samba communicates directly with CUPS via the
CUPS printing libraries.

So set up your printers in CUPS (including PDF production) and you should
have a very robust printing environment.

Suggest you refer to the Samba-HOWTO-Collection chapters on CUPS printing.
See:
	http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

cheers,
John T.

>
> The printing-section of my smb.conf looks like follows
>
> ;Printing
>    printing = cups
>    printcap name = cups
>    load printers = yes
>    show add printer wizard = yes
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /dataserver/samba/printer
> public = yes
> guest ok = yes
> writable = no
> printable = yes
> printer admin = @_sambaadmins
>
> [print$]
> comment = Printer Driver Download Area
> path = /dataserver/samba/printer
> browseable = yes
> guest ok = yes
> read only = yes
> write list = @_sambaadmins
>
> [PDF-Printer]
> comment = PDF Printer
> #print command = /etc/samba/scripte/pdf_print.pl %s %p %I %m %M %g %u %T
> print command = echo Printing %s >> /tmp/print.log
> path = /tmp
> #path = /dataserver/samba/printer
> printer admin = @_sambaadmins
> browseable = yes
> printable = yes
> writable = no
> create mode = 0666
>
> Thanks for your help ( and reading my bad english ;-)
>
> krueson
>
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org