[Samba] HP Deskjet 6940 and 6988

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> Does anybody share HP Deskjet 6940 and HP Deskjet 6988 off a samba
> server successfully? 

Yes, we have over a dozen HP6940s shared from a Samba/CUPS print server.

> issue is when my users try to print multiple copies they can not through
> the samba server.

Yep, never been able to make multiple copies work.  Quite frustrating.

> These printers are hooked directly to the network and
> cups is printing directly to the print through raw queue and using
> sockets.  

Yep, same here. 

> When I did further investigation I found with the driver
> initialized if I click on printing preferences and click Paper\Quality
> Tab I get the following message "Function address 0x77c47efe caused a
> protection fault.  (exception code 0xc00000005)  The application
> property sheet page(s) may not function properly."  

Yep, but I think *all* print drivers crash in such a manner when used
with a Samba printer server.  At least all the HP drivers crash when
accessing advanced features,  as do the drivers for Lanier, Ricoh, and
Toshiba document centers.

> I tried adding the
> driver with default devmode = yes which I have had to use in the past to
> get some HP Deskjet printers to work.  

No, that doesn't help.

By, "to work" you mean they don't print at all?  Ours print just fine
except from certain versions of Acrobat Reader.  Just no multiple copies
and the advanced features tab of the printer dialog is inaccessible.
However, neither of those features work with most [all?] printers in a
Samba/CUPS rig.

There have been innumerable posts around the internet about the multiple
copies issues.  I've never found a resolution. 

> I will try to
> install 3.0.28 with a vm session of Hardy ubuntu and see if I get the
> same results.

You will.

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