[Samba] using printer on linux from windows

[tj]

Tony Earnshaw wrote:

>tj:
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>>I am at my wits end.
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>>I have a brother hl1440 laser which I have working with Linux under
>>cups, but I cannot get it working with samba and seen by a Windows XP
>>system. I already have disk shares working properly. The printers name
>>under cups is 1440. I want it's Windows printing to be done by the Windows
>>driver.
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>>All the docs I have found online all seem to assume you already are a
>>Samba/Windows expert, which I am not.
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>>So, can any kind soul let memin on what entries need to be put in
>>smb.config to get it working?
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>Dunno if this can help, I'm a samba newbie but I just set up XP printing
>and nothing surprised me more than seeing it work :P
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>What I did. Bits of it were not as in the Samba HOWTO, but nevertheless it
>works:
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>Test setup:
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>Basis Red Hat RHAS3 on an IBM T23 Thinkpad
>Samba samba-3.0.9-1.3E.2, Openldap 2.2.20
>CUPS cups-1.1.17-13.3.13
>Gimp Print gimp-print-4.2.4-5
>Windows XP Professional virgin 5 on a Compaq EA700
>Epson C42UX inkjet color (el cheapo), USB0 onto the Thinkpad.
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>Set up Cups normally, define the printer normally.
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>Set up Samba printing to use CUPS as standard printing facility:
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>[printers]
>        comment = Epson C42UX
>        path = /var/spool/samba/raw_q
>        printer admin = Administrator, root
>        create mask = 0600
>        guest ok = Yes
>        printable = Yes
>        use client driver = Yes
>        browseable = No
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>Define the printer as raw device, as in the HOWTO chapter 19
>/etc/cups/mime.types and /etc/cups/mime.convs. Do *not* muck about with
>Postscript drivers.
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>Reload smbd/nmbd, restart cups
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>On the XP machine as an Admin user do *not* install the printer driver
>from the manufacturer's CD (tried it and it didn't work), go to the Samba
>printer share in My Network Places etc., double click on the share.
>Windows says "No driver installed" and comes with a list of default Epson
>drivers, none of which works :(
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>Under, it says: "Have disk". Put the driver CD in the Windows M/C CD ROM
>drive, click on "Have disk", go to the Win 2000 drivers (there are no XP
>drivers) and find a *inf for the correct printer. Printer gets installed
>on the Windows machine, with the correct \\netbiosname\printershare.
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>Choose the printer in Control Panel, right click, choose to print test
>page, hey presto test page is printed.
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>HTH,
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>--Tonni
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>mail: tonye at billy.demon.nl
>http://www.billy.demon.nl
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Which version of Samba are you using?
Also, how is a Linux user setup to allow  samba logins and how to 
specify that on the Windows XP machine?

tj