[Samba] HP Deskjet 6940 and 6988
Ryan Novosielski
novosirj at umdnj.edu
Mon Mar 17 01:45:23 GMT 2008
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Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>> 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.
Ditto for Xerox. Actually, the Xerox drivers used to cause signal 11 in
smbd too, but HP relased a patch for the CIFS Server version I'm using.
Not sure where/if that was a problem in Samba as well.
>> 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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