[Samba] Problems sharing HP Officejet 6210 Linux --> XP

[Dale Schroeder]

Larry,

Comparing your smb.conf to mine, for CUPS printing, I don't see the 
global parameters
    printing = cups
    printcap name = cups

Also, I assume you have assigned rights/privileges to add/manage 
printers as described here:

http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/rights.html#id341486

Dale

1arrybarnett wrote:
> [cross-posted from www.tek-tips.com]
>
> Dear samba forum,
>
> I've now wasted most of a weekend on this issue, so now it's time to swallow
> my pride and ask for help!
>
> Background:
>
> My main home computer died. I can't afford to replace it right now, so I'm
> attempting to retread an old AMD PC into a linux print/file server. Clients
> are a mixed bag of Windows XP home/professional PCs. The printer is an HP
> Officejet 6210 multifunction print/scan/fax. I'm only attempting to get
> basic printing working between Windows/Linux.
>
> File shares to the PCs are working great. The printer is working locally via
> cups and hplip. The printer is exported via Samba and is visible from the
> windows boxes (i.e., you can see it in Network Neighborhood and get the
> status of the print queue using the DOS 'net print' command). You can see my
> smb.conf file at the bottom of this post.
>
> Problem:
>
> The basic catch-22 with this printer model is that the drivers aren't part
> of the standard XP distro. The XP printer installation wizard expects the
> drivers to be available from the print server. After searching the net, I
> came across this basic installation method:
>
> 1. Temporarily plug the printer into the XP PC and install the drivers from
> the Printer CD. Then plug the printer back into the linux server.
>
> At this point 2 techniques were suggested, neither of which worked for me:
>
> 2a. Go back to the wizard and install the remote printer, using the correct
> driver this time. This apparantly succeeds, but printint the test page fails
> with an uninformative popup inviting me to go to the troubleshooting wizard
> (which is equally unhelpful).
>
> or
>
> 2b. Hack the local printer configuration by going to properties-->ports and
> creating a Local port with the value \\<servername>\<printername>, as shared
> by Samba. This step fails for me with error 66 "The network resource type is
> not correct".
>
> So that's it, I'm stuck. I would love to hear from anyone who has worked
> through this problem already. Failing that, how can I pick apart this
> problem to figure out what's failing?
>
> Note: There was also some discussion in the forums about the print$ share
> and loading drivers on the Linux box, but I never figured out if that was
> relevant to my use case (Linux server/Windows client).
>
> Many thanks in advance to those who reply.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Larry
>
> My smb.conf
>
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
> # Date: 2007/04/08 18:33:12
>
> [global]
>         workgroup = HOMENET
>         server string = Samba Server
>         log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>         max log size = 50
>         add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g samba-clients
> -s
> /bin/false -M %u
>         os level = 65
>         preferred master = Yes
>         domain master = Yes
>         dns proxy = No
>         wins support = Yes
>         ldap ssl = no
>         cups options = raw
>
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0664
>         directory mask = 0775
>         browseable = No
>
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /usr/spool/samba
>         printable = Yes
>         browseable = No
>
> [hp6210]
>         comment = The HP multifunction printer w. scan and fax capability
>         path = /usr/spool/samba
>         printer admin = root, lbarnett
>         read only = No
>         guest ok = Yes
>         min print space = 2000
>         printable = Yes
>         cups options =
>         printer name = hp6210
>         oplocks = No
>         share modes = No
>
> [shared]
>         available = No
>
> [print$]
>         comment = Samba print driver download area
>         path = /etc/samba/drivers
>         admin users = root, lbarnett
>         guest ok = Yes
>
>
>